sgt1372

#Gas

Bought some gas for one of my cars for the 1st time in months.

$78.15 for 13.026 gals at $5.999/gal for Premium which this particular car requires.

The last time I bought any gas, I think it was around $4.859/gal.

That's a 23.5% increase 🤦🏻‍♂️

I'm glad that I don't drive any of my ICE vehicles much any more. 😉

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PS: I also own a #diesel #truck.

The price of diesel at the same station is now $7.299/gal up from around $5/gal the last time I looked.

That's a 46% increase in about the same time frame. 🤯

Just think what this increase is doing to the #trucking industry & what it will soon do to the cost of everything, because everything (at one stage or another) is delivered by truck.

The #USPS already announced that it is imposing an 8% fuel surcharge on pkg deliveries starting on 4/26.

This won't be the last that we see of such surcharges or other cost increases due to the higher fuel costs precipitated by #Drumpf's idiotic war in #Iran.🤦🏻‍♂️

Mar 29 at 11:14pmWeb
Show threadStarcadeMar 29

@sgt1372

Have to admit, when I first read ICE vehicle, I was thinking border enforcement. But then it dawned on me-- you meant combustion engine 🙂

Show threadsgt1372Mar 29

@Starcade

Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vs Electric Vehicle (EV).

I own 4 ICE (3 gas & 1 diesel) vehicles & 1 EV that I lease.

Show threadStarcadeMar 29

@sgt1372

You know when you read something and think to yourself, that can't be right. Some acroymns have more than one meaning. It took me a moment before figuring it out.

Show threadsgt1372Mar 30

@Starcade Other acronyms less commonly used in the auto industry are HEV (Hybird Electric Vehicle) & PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle).

ICE (as a government agency) only recently gained common recognition as a result it's use of excessive extrajudicial & arguably illegal force in exercising their administrative powers in the attempt to deport people they consider to be "illegal" immigrants, whether they are actually illegally in this country or not.

Show threadStarcadeMar 30

@sgt1372

It's only because ICE has been in the news practically non-stop for months now, that it was the first thing that came to mind. 😐