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I'm sure Americans are finding it funny to pay for $3+ a gallon. The entire economy suffers from it.

by Thaxll 6mo ago

carefree-bob 6mo ago
$3 a gallon is less than a dollar per liter. Do you live in Saudi Arabia or a gulf state? Here are historical real (inflation adjusted) gas prices for the US. You can decide how terrible this is: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1UWwx https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1UWwx
- hedora 6mo ago
  I can’t decide if the economy has bifurcated or if these inflation stats are totally bogus. Diesel is almost $7/gallon here. All the stuff we buy (food, services, electronics) are up 30-100% since the beginning of last year, but federal inflation stats claim 3%.
  - carefree-bob 6mo ago
    Gas is certainly bifurcated. The west coast is paying up to $5.80 and Texas/midwest are paying $3.20 or so. NY and New England is paying a lot, but from Virginia on down, they are paying less. All the midwest is paying close to texas prices except Illinois, which is paying California prices. Some of that is differences in taxes, but some of it is due to getting gas from different sources. If we had a pipeline from Texas to CA, there would be less bifurcation. In terms of food being bifurcated, that too is happening, but to a smaller degree. Basically the entire West coast is suffering from high inflation.
    - hedora 6mo ago
      For the national 3% average to hold, for the low end of my range (30%) to hold on the west coast, the rest of the country would have to be suffering from deflation.
      - carefree-bob 6mo ago
        There is not 30% inflation in any region. Not even 15%. I think you have to go back to the civil war era and greenback inflation to find numbers like that in any region. https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-region.htm https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-pri...
johnsmith1840 6mo ago
Whose the largest oil exporter in the world? US about to be scroogemcducking in oil money

I'm sure Americans are finding it funny to pay for $3+ a gallon. The entire economy suffers from it.

by Thaxll 6mo ago

I'm sure Americans are finding it funny to pay for $3+ a gallon. The entire economy suffers from it.

$3 a gallon is less than a dollar per liter. Do you live in Saudi Arabia or a gulf state? Here are historical real (inflation adjusted) gas prices for the US. You can decide how terrible this is: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1UWwx https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1UWwx

hedora 6mo ago
I can’t decide if the economy has bifurcated or if these inflation stats are totally bogus. Diesel is almost $7/gallon here. All the stuff we buy (food, services, electronics) are up 30-100% since the beginning of last year, but federal inflation stats claim 3%.
- carefree-bob 6mo ago
  Gas is certainly bifurcated. The west coast is paying up to $5.80 and Texas/midwest are paying $3.20 or so. NY and New England is paying a lot, but from Virginia on down, they are paying less. All the midwest is paying close to texas prices except Illinois, which is paying California prices. Some of that is differences in taxes, but some of it is due to getting gas from different sources. If we had a pipeline from Texas to CA, there would be less bifurcation. In terms of food being bifurcated, that too is happening, but to a smaller degree. Basically the entire West coast is suffering from high inflation.
  - hedora 6mo ago
    For the national 3% average to hold, for the low end of my range (30%) to hold on the west coast, the rest of the country would have to be suffering from deflation.
    - carefree-bob 6mo ago
      There is not 30% inflation in any region. Not even 15%. I think you have to go back to the civil war era and greenback inflation to find numbers like that in any region. https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-region.htm https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-pri...

johnsmith1840 6mo ago

Whose the largest oil exporter in the world? US about to be scroogemcducking in oil money