Price of gas

@AdmiralPrune he sure did!

@MrBrownstone I do. It's going fine here in my country. And I drive an EV.

How are things in your country? 😊

@Waveney where are you from?

@MrBrownstone Groceries is an old fashion term that is rarely used according to Trump

@jshm2 You think the price of "electric juice" will rise as much as petrol and diesel? And we ALL need "electric juice", whether we have an EV or not.

@jshm2 I was mostly responding to another SW chap who refused to accept anything I said as factual, experiential.

But, by saying that I am "old and not seeing things as clearly as you could when younger," is disrespectful. Age sometimes brings experiences and knowledge that younger individuals may not have had, yet. .

We both agree that too little money has been devoted to infrastructure. Despite multiple infrastructure weeks, moths, years, etc., little to nothing was ever appropriated. After covid when the country needed a boost, there was money made available to help the economy while improving the infrastructure. We see it almost daily on the roads in my state, and in travelling down the I95 corridor. The improvement in the grid, the use of bidirectional charging has not progressed, and has been abandoned by the current administration. We also both agree about the hypocrisy and corruption of the current administration.

Today's news carries a story about the firm that Trump Jr. runs has reaped a 200% return is just another evidence of the kind of corruption that this country has never seen before, while everyone else is hit with inflation that has returned with a vengeance, and epidemics of both viral illnesses which should have been prevented with appropriate immunizations, and food borne illnesses that industrial farming has failed to control.
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@fun4us2b Unfortunately, we are captives of what was originally called the globalization menace. Gas prices are set internationally, so even if your country has plenty of oil, you suffer.

@samueltyler2

Now your the grammer police ?????

@pdockal last comment, you started this.

@samueltyler2

Started what ?
Posting correct information ?

@NeddyKelly sorry, i think you missed the point.

@samueltyler2 No I see you point, you are lucky to be able afford an EV,

@NeddyKelly EVs really are more expensive because they have not had the opportunity to factor in the cost of development and production. That is true with every new product ever introduced.

In other countries EVs have begun to overcome that but selling more and more, in the US the incentives that were introduced to help offset those costs have been removed, but there are still enough people able to afford them to raise the percentage of new EV ownership, nowhere near that in Europe and Asia, but it will likely continue to rise.

I am indeed "lucky." I worked very long hours in my profession and managed to accumulate the money needed to retire at age 74. I worked at least 60 hour weeks, often putting in over 80 hours. Is that luck? Anyway, i donate regularly to my alma maters thanking them for the headstart I got. I went to public schools and universities that really do not exist in the terms they did at the time. The current cost of education has made it far more difficult for people like myself who came from very modest backgrounds to achieve what i did. That is a very sad situation here in the US.

@Northwest so the consumer gets screwed in both directions!

@samueltyler2
It seems like it.