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We’re at 2.30€ in Germany (per liter!) right now. So $5.40 per gallon doesn’t sound too bad to me. I’m aware that the diesel price in the us always has been qu
by Tzk 8mo ago
We’re at 2.30€ in Germany (per liter!) right now. So $5.40 per gallon doesn’t sound too bad to me.
I’m aware that the diesel price in the us always has been quite low in contrast to Europe, but still I don’t see the issue.
- Betelbuddy 8mo agoIts about the structure of input costs into the US economy. Same way restaurant employees in Germany have a salary, but 80% of US restaurants would close immediately, if their "associates" would not have to survive on tips...
- garciasn 8mo agoWe don't have mass transit to offset the need to drive our vehicles; nor is there much interest in making it happen.
- epolanski 8mo agoDiesel primarily impacts logistics though, not nearly as much personal transport. You can cope paying 50$ month per month in diesel if you drive that much. But at the scale of logistics companies, often tied to fixed pricing it's a tragedy.
- blyry 8mo ago~Construction and agriculture also run on diesel~ (edit..OPs comment was germane to the thread, and correct, logistics by large the majority of diesel usage on this report). https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_cons_821dst_dcu_nus_a.htm https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_cons_821dst_dcu_nus_a.htm
- asyx 8mo agoPetrol is just s as expensive though
- bigfatkitten 8mo agoThe spikes in fuel costs are enough now to eat the entire profit for a trip, and then some.
- jdlshore 8mo agoCheck your info bubble. The US has a superb freight rail system that transports massive amounts of goods. If you’re talking about diesel fuel, you’re talking about freight, and we absolutely do have mass transit for freight… one of the best in the world.
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- bdangubic 8mo ago1.7 trillion ton-miles of freight per year is as massive as it gets…
- pseudohadamard 8mo agoIt would be if I had the faintest idea what a ton-mile is. Is it like a firkin-furlong?
- abdusco 8mo agoWhat's that in football fields?
- whateveracct 8mo agoThe US has swathes of relatively empty land trucks have to traverse for shipping that dwarf the entire nation of Germany.
- freak42 8mo agoThen build railway systems
- whateveracct 8mo agoThe highways are already there. Flippant transit-signaling to say "just build railways." The people eating shit for diesel prices have little power to do so lol.
- bigbadfeline 8mo ago> Then build railway systems Unfortunately those aren't made at McDonald's or at any other fast service establishment. In other words they are neither fast nor cheap to build. If we exclude local commute, the US has a pretty good transportation system, as it is, road transport is indispensable in this mix, at least for now. It would make more sense to convert cars to EV's and use the saved fuel for trucks than to redo the transportation system.
- hjouneau 8mo agoThere is almost three times more taxes on gas in Germany than in US
- p0w3n3d 8mo agoPlease be minded that US people tend to tell prices without tax, because it differs from state to state. So it's I think even more... maybe even $6.20...
- jfengel 8mo agoGas prices include all the tax. Unlike many other goods, there isn't an additional sales tax on top of the reported price.
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