Hawkeye21 Posted April 1 Posted April 1 Does anyone use the Upside and Earnify apps for saving money on gas? Quote
easilyscan Posted April 1 Posted April 1 1 minute ago, Hawkeye21 said: Does anyone use the Upside and Earnify apps for saving money on gas? No, but I do use a Bank Of America Mastercard that gives me 3% back on all fuel purchases. Quote
Fnord Posted April 1 Posted April 1 Time to go purchase e-bikes boys! Unfortunately, you'll no longer get a rebate for them due to cockwomble's cockwombling, but you'll save a lot on gas and maybe lose a few pounds. Win-win-winning! Quote
Hawkeye21 Posted April 1 Posted April 1 2 minutes ago, easilyscan said: No, but I do use a Bank Of America Mastercard that gives me 3% back on all fuel purchases. It's pretty handy. Last time I filled up I got $0.12 off per gallon. I've only been using for a few months now and don't fill up often but I have gotten back over $30 already. My wife has gotten back over $100. Quote
easilyscan Posted April 1 Posted April 1 8 minutes ago, Hawkeye21 said: It's pretty handy. Last time I filled up I got $0.12 off per gallon. I've only been using for a few months now and don't fill up often but I have gotten back over $30 already. My wife has gotten back over $100. Sounds like white privilege to me Quote
dogcows Posted April 1 Posted April 1 53 minutes ago, Fnord said: This does not get talked about enough. First cockwomble demolished our clean energy initiatives, then the stupid focker decided to start a war in the ME based on AI telling him to go for it instead of, yaknow, experts. Then Iran shuts down Hormuz, completely disrupting GLOBAL energy. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/opinion/oil-crisis-iran-electric-solar.html Some lowlights of this clusterfuck: Yep, China is eating our lunch even though we had a huge head start. If you look at how fast they expanded renewables and EVs, despite us having the better tech earlier? We got screwed by politicians beholden to big oil. And now China will be the leader in this sphere, and we will be playing catchup. Quote
thegeneral Posted April 1 Posted April 1 51 minutes ago, Fnord said: Time to go purchase e-bikes boys! Unfortunately, you'll no longer get a rebate for them due to cockwomble's cockwombling, but you'll save a lot on gas and maybe lose a few pounds. Win-win-winning! Big bike rider here. Love the e-bike for rides home after a couple beers at the local spots. Cruise up hills like Lance Armstrong. Quote
seafoam1 Posted April 1 Posted April 1 3 minutes ago, thegeneral said: Big bike rider here. Love the e-bike for rides home after a couple beers at the local spots. Cruise up hills like Lance Armstrong. Wow. So cool. Ebikes. Quote
thegeneral Posted April 1 Posted April 1 48 minutes ago, seafoam1 said: Wow. So cool. Ebikes. You more of a tricycle guy, Rascal maybe? Quote
SUXBNME Posted April 1 Posted April 1 16 hours ago, Caine Mutiny said: Yeah California’s environmental moves, which will hopefully eventually pay dividend for this state, the nation and the world, costs us about 50 cents per gallon more. That’s a price most Californians are willing to pay for a good cause. Trump’s war, which was idiotic and achieved none of his goals, is costing us over $1.00 more and that number is going up. So once again you complaining about Newsom on this issue is just absurd. Mebbe a biased opinion California Has the Highest Gas Prices in the Country. Newsom Helped Built That. How much does California pay for Gavin’s anti-oil policies? In 2025, California paid $20 billion more for gasoline than the national average. Here’s the math: California used more than 13.4 billion gallons of gasoline in 2025. The average price in 2025 (before the Iran conflict) was roughly $1.50 per gallon above the national average. That means Californians paid $20.1 billion more in 2021 than they would have if they had paid the national average. Today, this comparison is even worse. California’s gasoline prices are $1.80 more than the national average. As recently as 2016, California was the third-largest oil-producing state in the country. By 2025, it had fallen to eighth. California didn’t run out of oil. Newsom and previous administrations systematically restricted the permitting and development of California’s domestic resources, leading to a collapse in production. The state that once helped launch the global oil industry now imports nearly two-thirds of its oil from foreign sources. In 1988, approximately 95% of the oil supplied to California refineries came from California and Alaska. Today, 63.5% comes from foreign sources — with 21% from Iraq, 5% from Saudi Arabia, and 4% from the UAE. That’s the chart Newsom should be showing in his X posts (and the chart below is from the state of California): https://www.americanenergyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Picture2.png Source: California Energy Commission The growth in California’s foreign oil dependency isn’t a market phenomenon. It’s the predictable real-world consequence of decades of anti-production policy. The Real Reason Newsom Is Blaming Trump and Iran Newsom’s pivot to blaming Trump and Middle East instability for California’s gas prices is strategically transparent. As noted above, 20% of the oil California uses comes from the Middle East, specifically through the Strait of Hormuz. That exposure exists because California has made itself dependent on foreign oil by suppressing domestic and Alaskan production. The point of blaming Trump is not to solve California’s gasoline price problem. The point is to avoid accountability for the policy choices that created it. California-based environmental activist groups have spent years working to reduce oil production in Alaska and at home. The result is a state where two-thirds of its oil supply is imported, and the governor is surprised when geopolitical risk in the Middle East shows up at the pump. The Fix Is Obvious. Newsom Won’t Take It. California has significant remaining oil resource potential. It could expand in-state production. It could work to support more oil development in Alaska rather than opposing it. Either path would reduce foreign energy dependence and put downward pressure on the prices Newsom is now complaining about. Instead, Newsom is trying to further increase gasoline prices in California through additional regulatory mandates, while posting on social media about gasoline prices as though it’s someone else’s fault. Quote
posty Posted April 30 Posted April 30 National average for regular is $4.300, last year at this time it was $3.183... Regular Mid-Grade Premium Diesel Current Avg. $4.300 $4.788 $5.157 $5.496 Yesterday Avg. $4.229 $4.722 $5.093 $5.464 Week Ago Avg. $4.031 $4.542 $4.908 $5.471 Month Ago Avg. $3.990 $4.503 $4.872 $5.416 Year Ago Avg. $3.183 $3.670 $4.019 $3.560 Around me, it is about $4.29, give or take some... Quote
Meglamaniac Posted April 30 Posted April 30 5 minutes ago, The Girlfriend said: $4.39 Up 80% since Trump took office You're as bad at math as your are at getting banned Gas was at 3.24 in Jan 2025 in your area Quote
TheNewGirl Posted April 30 Posted April 30 $5.23 in my zip code. 90210 zip code it's $6.94. California average is $6.01. Quote
posty Posted April 30 Posted April 30 6 minutes ago, TheNewGirl said: $5.23 in my zip code. 90210 zip code it's $6.94. California average is $6.01. Oof... $0.70+ in taxes sure don't help out... Quote
Grace Under Pressure Posted April 30 Posted April 30 $4.29. Not thrilled, but tbh it doesn't impact much for me personally. Still think Iran War is a mistake, to be more specific it's not clear what the objectives are. Every action should have tangible, achievable outcomes. Not sure what that is here. Quote
The Girlfriend Posted April 30 Posted April 30 5 minutes ago, Grace Under Pressure said: $4.29. Not thrilled, but tbh it doesn't impact much for me personally. Still think Iran War is a mistake, to be more specific it's not clear what the objectives are. Every action should have tangible, achievable outcomes. Not sure what that is here. Iranians take to the street, enjoy your liberation Israel was going to attack so we had to join in or they would retaliate They were two weeks away from a nuclear weapon ????? 1 Quote
dogcows Posted April 30 Posted April 30 1 hour ago, Grace Under Pressure said: $4.29. Not thrilled, but tbh it doesn't impact much for me personally. Still think Iran War is a mistake, to be more specific it's not clear what the objectives are. Every action should have tangible, achievable outcomes. Not sure what that is here. Since the war started, have the Epstein files been on the front page of the news even once? 1 Quote
easilyscan Posted April 30 Posted April 30 $4.47 for the middle grade when I filled up @ Circle K (formerly holiday) last night. (South central Minnesota) Oil companies have to make a living too.......lol Quote
TimHauck Posted May 6 Posted May 6 Up $0.25 in 2 days at my local station. +58% compared to before the voluntary war with Iran. Quote
seafoam1 Posted May 6 Posted May 6 1 minute ago, TimHauck said: Up $0.25 in 2 days at my local station. +58% compared to before the voluntary war with Iran. Thank God for this "voluntary war". Somebody with guts had to finally step up and put the terrorists in their place. Everyone knows liberals offer nothing good to this world. They send pallets of cash to fund Iran terrorism. California gas prices are the highest in the nation. Gee, liberals at work. Go figure. Quote
seafoam1 Posted May 6 Posted May 6 3 minutes ago, HotRod said: $4.56 were gonna hit $5 Suffer loser. Quote
HotRod Posted May 6 Posted May 6 5 minutes ago, seafoam1 said: Suffer loser. I'm a loser because I have to pay gas? you don't drive a car or truck? Quote
TimHauck Posted May 6 Posted May 6 8 minutes ago, HotRod said: I'm a loser because I have to pay gas? you don't drive a car or truck? lol guarantee peefoam was blaming Biden for high gas prices in 2022 Quote
seafoam1 Posted May 6 Posted May 6 12 minutes ago, HotRod said: I'm a loser because I have to pay gas? you don't drive a car or truck? Yeah I drive. I'm not paying those prices but even if I was, I've been asking to have Iran beaten down for many years. So a few extra bucks per tank is fine with me for what is going on in Iran these days. And you do realize that gas will go back down in a few months don't you? Quote
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