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  • Gas back up over $3/gal

    From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to KURT WEISKE on Sunday, May 11, 2025 16:37:00
    Gas stations are now paying us to take gas off their hands, and over
    450 countries are calling Trump non-stop ready to make a deal over
    tarriffs! What a great time to be an American!

    Gas here (and in Evansville and Louisville) is getting back near its
    pandemic pricing. The drop in prices seen from last year through ~January
    of this year has been completely wiped out.

    I am sure it is worse in California.

    But dumbasses say that "everything is working."


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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Mike Powell on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 22:06:08
    Mike Powell wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-

    Gas here (and in Evansville and Louisville) is getting back near its pandemic pricing. The drop in prices seen from last year through
    ~January of this year has been completely wiped out.

    I am sure it is worse in California.

    I just bought a gas engine car (a hybrid, actually). I'm no longer
    strictly working from home and have a 150 mile round-trip commute
    2x/week. It's a long trek in my subcompact electric car with no spare
    tire and crazy SUV drivers. I'm feeling the pain. $5.09/gallon for my
    first tank.

    At least I'm getting 43 mpg... :)

    The EV charging infrastructure isn't ready for prime-time, unless you
    drive a Tesla. I'd estimate that close to half of the chargers I've
    tried have been out of service, failed to initiate charging or otherwise
    failed to charge.





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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to KURT WEISKE on Thursday, May 15, 2025 10:14:00
    The EV charging infrastructure isn't ready for prime-time, unless you
    drive a Tesla. I'd estimate that close to half of the chargers I've
    tried have been out of service, failed to initiate charging or otherwise failed to charge.

    Ouch. That is not good!


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