Many Americans are cutting back on everyday expenses as gas prices soar due to President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, now approaching the 10-week mark. About 44 percent of Americans said they’re driving less due to high gas prices, while 42 percent said they’ve slashed household expenses, according to a Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll. In addition, the poll revealed that 34 percent have altered travel or vacation plans. Americans are changing their behaviors as national average gas prices hit $4.43 per gallon Saturday, according to the AAA motor club. This time last year, the national average was just $3.15 per gallon. Patrick de Haan, a petroleum analyst for GasBuddy, said Saturday’s average price marked a sobering new record. “The national average price of gasoline has never been higher on the second day in May than it is today,” he wrote on X.
And yet they would still vote for the orange turd
His oppoment had a funny laugh, and it was enough for some enlightened people to sit it out.
Well yah, still ain’t great yet…
Yall should stop acting like the other option would be any different.
You should probably get a brain
You know I didn’t think too much about the daily expense of gas since we drive relatively fuel efficient cars, but I looked up the mpg for some of the trucks and stuff near me and… How the fuck do people commute with mpgs as low as 12, sometimes?
Like, you shouldn’t commute over an hour anyway, but at 60 miles one way, some cars burn 5 fucking gallons. This has gotta be wrecking his truck driving supporters.
Somehow it’s Obama’s fault.
I live in central TN. I’m a Miata guy and the cost is hurting my wallet but almost every other vehicle is a monster lifted truck with oversized tires etc. I have no idea how those guys with truck payments can afford gas.
You can really stretch the monthly payments with 7 year loans, nevermind that in the long term you overpay by a hideous margin.
I’m pretty sure Biden did the fuel prices, that’s what the sticker on the pump said at least.
-His truck driving supporters, probably.
I’m a gearhead so my vehicles aren’t all efficient, and I just see higher fuel prices as the cost of my hobby going up, which isn’t good, but being a gearhead was already expensive. I’m sure these guys in oversized trucks feel feel similar.
That said, I also like cycling, have an electric skateboard, and use public transit when it makes sense, and I work from home, so the fuel prices don’t really affect me as much as some. Now, if I had a 120 mile round-trip commute I’d
kmsget an EV or plugin hybrid or ride my motorcycle, only driving my fun cars on occasion.
Shows you how absolutely broke most Americans are they can’t absorb an extra $50 or so per month.
As I am forced back into the office because downtowns and business are lazy assholes and didn’t transition and figure out how to be better
You can’t make a civilization run on cheap gas forever.
Because of the inflation, the wife and I planned that we would do in state road trips for spring through fall because we really couldn’t afford anything more fancy but with a Miata I thought that would be a fun compromise. Gas prices shut that all down. I thought how can I go even cheaper than that ? Ok this year is patio cookout and staycation. Sure, look at the price of food! That brings us back to inflation. This year is the year of laying low and eating poor. Puzzles are still cheap… Sigh.
I guess it takes gas hitting $5/gallon for people to start riding bikes around here. It’s also strange how empty the gas stations are today.
Lucky! Where I live, it’s too hot to ride a bike for 7 months out of the year, and public transport does not exist outside of the suburbs.
A round trip Uber/Lyft to work is $110, and I make $120/day after taxes/insurance/investments.
A round trip drive takes two gallons of gas, so even at $45/gallon it would still be cheaper to just drive.
If gas were $45/gallon I think it’d be cheaper to invest in clean energy and drive an electric car or, better yet, the city invests in trolly busses or trains.
you know, the price of oil directly impacts the price of electricity where i am. so assuming i could take on a payment equal or more to the cost of my electric bill to even purchase such a vehicle, i would also be sending my electric bill through the roof, plus increased insurance. i literally cannot afford this any better than higher gas, so i keep my fingers crossed that my 15 year old car lasts awhile yet.
capitalists have nickled and dimed a lot of us americans to the brink, there’s no more wiggle room.
(also, bussing to work is two hours one way, i checked. the eight mile trip by bike would be longer i’m sure, but we’re approaching the time of year where heat kills people. literally.)
Bike riding is not a viable alternative for many people with cars.
It should be.
Yeah, frozen groceries aren’t going to make it home unspoiled if I bike down and up the significant hills between my place and Costco, and because of the way the buses work it’s also a 1-2h trip each way instead of a 10-15m drive so that’s not really viable either.
I also can’t see myself carrying the 2x4x10’s or slats for my fence replacement on the car.
Biking to work is somewhat more of an option, though the way back does need to deal with the aforementioned massive hill so in that case I’d rather go down by bike and up by bus.
The anti-car crowd would have you believe that delivery is a viable, economical solution for all your woes.
delivery. via someone in a car. spending fuel. passing the cost onto groceries.
Dude I know, but I have had people sincerely make that argument to me.
Maga: Ya but do the blacks have it worse?
Guys this is temporary! It’s just that my definition of temporary might be a bit longer than you like!
Oh poor Americans…who chose him.
Stupid Maga Yanks
I get trigger with these titles, 1/3 of USA people voted for trump, it is USA/Israel and Iran war. Calling it Trump war, making him the problem is misleading.
Worst case they should call it Republican war.
And huge chunks of them will still vote for whoever the GOP oozes out of the orphan crushing machine next.
hell you have to
$97 at the pump yesterday. And that’s with a normal sized gas tank. ninety seven!!)
In the US, public transportation has been deliberately held back and kept low-quality, in order to keep us dependent on driving. And as an extra added bonus, the poors, the disabled, those who have to depend on substandard bus transit, are in the permanent underclass.
Now we see the endgame. Make the underclass even bigger. Make Frank Freeway work just to pay for his hour-plus commute.
