• Salvo@aussie.zone
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    4 days ago

    Datacentres run on diesel generators when the grid cannot provide enough power.

    This is why diesel is so expensive.

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        There is nothing “regular” about the current unregulated capitalism going on in the US at the moment.

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          So the shitty trading and deals are your pet peeve but not the attack on foreign oil producers.

          The great pumpkin SANK 3 tankers last week. Not hijacked or shot at. But sank. Huge ecological disasters. This is all voluntary.

  • Victor@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    $4.43 per gallon is still only ⅔ of the price as in Northern Europe right now lol. But I guess we’re better off to pay for it? Less dependent on it? I dunno. I have an EV so it’s whatever for me, personally.

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          4 days ago

          Still less than 75 % of the maximum price of gasoline here during the pandemic in combination with the Ukraine war. 😅

          Diesel is $8.30/gallon here now.

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                4 days ago

                So your commute is a fraction of a commute in the US.

                Here it might be a 30-45 minute ride in a car. One way. Do you see why $5 fuel would be a much larger problem here?

                I have an EV

                Good for you. So do I.

                Everything you own and eat involves a diesel engine somewhere. That is the real problem. People with EV’s have to eat still.

                • Victor@lemmy.world
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                  So your commute is a fraction of a commute in the US.

                  lol what. My commute is that long. Lots of people have longer commutes than 30–45 minutes here too. I’m one person. An anecdote. 😆

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    4 days ago

    Which could have been mitigated if the big railroad monopolies had electrified their rail like other large freight railroads but noooo no investment only squeezing profits.

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    4 days ago

    Their goal is to make life nearly unlivable by elections so they can do something drastic.

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    5 days ago

    Make all the things great, price tags, national debt, his book of crimes and general assholery is great enough to be split into volumes by now…

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      4 days ago

      That’s nothing, a gallon here would be $31. However in the bland UK, we use litres. Our price is about £1.90 a litre for diesel

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        4 days ago

        1.9 x 3.8 (litre to gallon) x 1,35 (gbp to usd) = $9,75. Still a lot more, but not as high as $31.

      • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world
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        What math are you using lmao.

        The Pound is not that much more than the Dollar (£1 is $1.35), and a liter is not that much smaller than a gallon (1 gallon is 3.79 liter).

        1 US gallon in the UK would be £7.20 which is $9.73

        To be the equivalent of $31 per gallon, it would need to be £6.05 per liter.