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Ron Green

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11. It'll take $10 a gallon for behavior to change.

Reply to KS Toronado (Original post)

Tue Mar 3, 2026, 12:31 AM

Yesterday

You know, where drivers don’t sit in idling cars while they read their phones, or make long daily commutes alone, or shop for large pickups and SUVs they really could do without.

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Gas jumped 50 cents a gal overnight [View all] KS Toronado Monday OP

It jumped easily around 50 cents a gallon Emile Monday #1

Oil prices are global. The price always goes up at the pump Klarkashton Monday #2

oil is a fungible commodity lapfog_1 Monday #3

Of course. It always goes up when there is turmoil someplace. Srkdqltr Monday #4

20 cents markie Monday #5

I filled up yesterday 2.88 gal. Today 3.30. Same station. FloridaBlues Monday #6

Gas wildflowergardener Monday #7

I leave for work at 04:30, and got gas as soon as I left the house that morning $2.58 Maru Kitteh Monday #8

20 cent jump hamsterjill Monday #9

We are also dead on refineries turn around season and more expensive summer blend. Melon Monday #10

It'll take $10 a gallon for behavior to change. Ron Green Yesterday #11

Or idling through long lines at fast-food pick-up windows. KS Toronado Yesterday #14

Yeah $15 a gallon would stop a lot of that nonsense. Ron Green 19 hrs ago #18

Rockets and feathers. n/t flvegan Yesterday #12

Oh, great! Gas here in Northern NY finally sank just below $3 a gallon... Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #13

Adjusted for inflation, 45 cents in 1975 is $2.81 today Dave says 19 hrs ago #19

50 cents here in Indiana D_Master81 Yesterday #15

I live in rural CA. the cost has been fluctuating from $4 to $6 for the last few years Jacson6 Yesterday #16

Ouch ! KS Toronado Yesterday #17