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$5.85 a US gallon? Horrendous, you’re up to 70% of what diesel costs in Sweden today.[1] [1] https://bensinpriskollen.se/dieselpris/ https://bensinpriskollen.s

$5.85 a US gallon? Horrendous, you’re up to 70% of what diesel costs in Sweden today.[1] [1] https://bensinpriskollen.se/dieselpris/ https://bensinpriskollen.se/dieselpris/

stockresearcher 29d ago
A large component of the price of fuel is taxes, which are then used for roadway construction and maintenance. Here in the US (and probably Sweden too), those taxes are not sufficient to pay all of the roadway costs, so tax money from general funds - income taxes, sales/use/vat(?), etc - get diverted to help cover costs. In reality, the overall cost of fuel is probably very similar. It’s just that the overall cost is more directly reflected in the price shown at the fuel station in Sweden than in the US.
bsian 29d ago
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7bit 29d ago
So what? People in the US should not feel pressured by it, because you have it worse?
- lyu07282 29d ago
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  - 7bit 29d ago
    Bro what the heck are you talking about. Maybe Google vassals and you'd be ashamed talking such ignorant nonsense. But you won't. It's actually on me feeding the troll.
    - lyu07282 29d ago
      Ahh right sorry I meant "bringing democracy to Iran has a price every western aligned state should be willing to pay" or something like that
- brnt 29d ago
  I guess you don't want us to complain we are also feeling the effects? We couldn't and didn't vote the primary cause for this in office, thank you very much.
  - 7bit 29d ago
    No -- and that wasnt a complaint. It was downright an attack. It always makes me laugh when people can't follow an argument or chain of thought -- or misconstrue because they need to win random Internet arguments
retired 29d ago
€2.66 for diesel in The Netherlands. Which is double of the US price. Good thing the majority of The Netherlands does everything on a bicycle and doesn't need a car. It does hurt the transportation industry though. And agriculture, construction, heavy industries.
- brnt 29d ago
  There is plenty of car traffic in NL [1]. Most runs on benzine/gasoline though, not diesel. [1] https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/longread/rapportages/2026/onderweg-in-nederland--odin---2024-correctie-plausibiliteitsrapportage/3-reizigerskilometers https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/longread/rapportages/2026/onderweg-...
  - retired 29d ago
    Last time I was in The Netherlands I hardly saw any cars. Everyone was on bicycles. It seems that my personal observance doesn't match the real world.
    - mono442 29d ago
      You probably was only in the biggest cities.
1over137 29d ago
5.85 USD/gallon is: 1.33€ / L or 2.10 CAD / L.
- xattt 29d ago
  Cries in actual 2.60/L CAD. I am feeling it for folks who use oil heat (diesel with different tax structure) in areas where there is no natural gas. Home heating oil runs at about 75% the cost of diesel. The storage tanks are 275 gallons/1100 litres, so a fill-up, which might happen four to six times in a winter, would be extremely painful right now.
  - throwaway270925 29d ago
    Lets hope this motivates a lot of them to invest in stuff like ground source heat pumps (where applicable/affordable)
pickleglitch 29d ago
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$5.85 a US gallon? Horrendous, you’re up to 70% of what diesel costs in Sweden today.[1] [1] https://bensinpriskollen.se/dieselpris/ https://bensinpriskollen.se/dieselpris/

stockresearcher 29d ago

A large component of the price of fuel is taxes, which are then used for roadway construction and maintenance. Here in the US (and probably Sweden too), those taxes are not sufficient to pay all of the roadway costs, so tax money from general funds - income taxes, sales/use/vat(?), etc - get diverted to help cover costs. In reality, the overall cost of fuel is probably very similar. It’s just that the overall cost is more directly reflected in the price shown at the fuel station in Sweden than in the US.

bsian 29d ago

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7bit 29d ago

So what? People in the US should not feel pressured by it, because you have it worse?

lyu07282 29d ago
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- 7bit 29d ago
  Bro what the heck are you talking about. Maybe Google vassals and you'd be ashamed talking such ignorant nonsense. But you won't. It's actually on me feeding the troll.
  - lyu07282 29d ago
    Ahh right sorry I meant "bringing democracy to Iran has a price every western aligned state should be willing to pay" or something like that
brnt 29d ago
I guess you don't want us to complain we are also feeling the effects? We couldn't and didn't vote the primary cause for this in office, thank you very much.
- 7bit 29d ago
  No -- and that wasnt a complaint. It was downright an attack. It always makes me laugh when people can't follow an argument or chain of thought -- or misconstrue because they need to win random Internet arguments

retired 29d ago

€2.66 for diesel in The Netherlands. Which is double of the US price. Good thing the majority of The Netherlands does everything on a bicycle and doesn't need a car. It does hurt the transportation industry though. And agriculture, construction, heavy industries.

brnt 29d ago
There is plenty of car traffic in NL [1]. Most runs on benzine/gasoline though, not diesel. [1] https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/longread/rapportages/2026/onderweg-in-nederland--odin---2024-correctie-plausibiliteitsrapportage/3-reizigerskilometers https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/longread/rapportages/2026/onderweg-...
- retired 29d ago
  Last time I was in The Netherlands I hardly saw any cars. Everyone was on bicycles. It seems that my personal observance doesn't match the real world.
  - mono442 29d ago
    You probably was only in the biggest cities.

1over137 29d ago

5.85 USD/gallon is: 1.33€ / L or 2.10 CAD / L.

xattt 29d ago
Cries in actual 2.60/L CAD. I am feeling it for folks who use oil heat (diesel with different tax structure) in areas where there is no natural gas. Home heating oil runs at about 75% the cost of diesel. The storage tanks are 275 gallons/1100 litres, so a fill-up, which might happen four to six times in a winter, would be extremely painful right now.
- throwaway270925 29d ago
  Lets hope this motivates a lot of them to invest in stuff like ground source heat pumps (where applicable/affordable)

pickleglitch 29d ago

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