The pro-Trump members of my car club on Facebook are trying to claim that gas price increases are not because of the Iran war, which is a hilarious and pathetic cope. I bet there is not a single oil markets analyst who will make the claim that the $100/barrel crude price isn’t directly caused by the #IranWar.

#kakistocracy #cars #oil

Chart source: https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/gasoline

Lol they’re now saying “that’s just futures prices, not the price we pay at the pump!” like the two aren’t connected.

Cope harder!

@drahardja boy are those chuds in for a surprise…
@drahardja They are not just connected. Gasoline futures and the price at the pump achieve alignment about as fast as they can. It’d be instantaneous if it could.
@drahardja they closed the strait of Hormuz. Of course it’s due to the war!! Meanwhile I’m laughing in electric car.
@chargeyapp Time to break out my old meme #cars
@drahardja fastest Porsche I’ve ever had by a large margin.

@drahardja @chargeyapp Interesting German analysis of hybrid car fuel consumption: You lose much of the electric benefit because they constantly start the combustion engine regardless of mode and you also lose possible electric range due to the built-in combustion system and much smaller battery compared with pure electric cars.

https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/swr/plug-in-hybrid-verbrauch-100.html

Kraftstoffverbrauch bei Plug-In-Hybriden deutlich höher als angegeben

Plug-In-Hybridautos gelten als kraftstoffsparend. Eine neue Studie, die dem <em>SWR</em> vorliegt, zeigt jedoch, dass ihr Verbrauch deutlich über den offiziell angegebenen Werten liegt. Umweltschützer und Forscher fordern Konsequenzen.

tagesschau.de
@frumble @drahardja I’m not a fan of hybrids. Worst of both worlds. No EV performance and you still need to buy gas.
@chargeyapp @frumble @drahardja
And you still have all the ICE components that need expensive maintenance and repairs.