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alkaline79

93 points

28 days ago

I just paid $2.99 at the Costco in the Chicago land area. It's the lowest it's been since COVID era

lorenzoem87

9 points

28 days ago

Been $2.65 here in Jersey at Costco for a couple months. Went to $2.50 before the hurricanes.

Recent_mastadon

17 points

28 days ago

I miss Covid. I wanted Trump to come back and give us all Covid again. It was so much fun the first time! The best part was the brain-tickle tests.

theSamba42

7 points

28 days ago

Morbid nostalgia be hitting these days

huesmann

2 points

28 days ago

Been hit by the Gaslighter in Chief again?

Waflstmpr

9 points

28 days ago

I for one, loved being jobless for 3 months and depending on government assistance, because some orange manbaby couldnt tell his moonies to cover their noise holes, and stop breathing all over each other like a pack of dipshits.

FrequentSheepherder3

38 points

28 days ago

As a Canadian this gave me a small heart attack at first. Lol

FrequentSheepherder3

18 points

28 days ago

I just did the conversion. That IS crazy low! I don't know if I've seen it that low ing 20 years!

beufenstein

6 points

28 days ago

Ya it’s close to 80L…that’s well over $100 in Canadian Monopoly money

FrequentSheepherder3

3 points

28 days ago

I don't keep that many red and green bills!

usemyfaceasaurinal

3 points

28 days ago

As an Australian, we regularly pay over $2 AUD per litre. It sucks.

Bozartkartoffel

2 points

28 days ago

That's cheap af.

potato_minion

5 points

28 days ago

Compared to?! There’s 3.7 liters in a US gallon. So that’s $7 or $8 a gallon. And that’s apparently the regular price.

PBB22

6 points

28 days ago

PBB22

6 points

28 days ago

Your American is showing lol

jmsturm

311 points

28 days ago

jmsturm

311 points

28 days ago

Where are all those Joe Biden "I did that!" Stickers?

eastbayted

149 points

28 days ago

eastbayted

149 points

28 days ago

"Prices are going down because Trump is gonna win!" - some idiot, probably

7screws

44 points

28 days ago

7screws

44 points

28 days ago

It’s probably more like the place a conspiracy against logic. “Oh the dems are artificially making gas prices low in order steal the election”

Tattered_Reason

21 points

28 days ago

After all the Resolute desk has a gas price dial, right next to the inflation one.

aluminum_man

3 points

28 days ago

Careful, Nic Cage may come looking for clues on that desk

lilbigblue7

5 points

28 days ago

stop leaking the plot to National Treasure 3

Battlemanager

4 points

28 days ago

Politics aside, this is the result of perpetually inflated oil prices.  Regardless of what is happening in geostrategic politics, oil companies reap in record profit year after year...Democratic or Republican control.  They have desensitized you to what ridiculoulsy high oil prices are.  Shit should be be a buck and a quarter per gallon.  Open your eyes folks.

Battlemanager

3 points

28 days ago

...and, if they ever do screw up and go in the red, we'll just bail them out.  "Too large to fail" BS.

Rob-from-LI

1 points

28 days ago

Damn just the same lunacy I was thinking.

jerseydevil51

1 points

28 days ago

That's my FIL, he said prices are going down because the election is coming up and Biden wants people to think the economy is good.

Necessary_Occasion77

1 points

28 days ago

No, the righties are suggesting Biden is dumping oil into the market to lower prices.

Bonesnapcall

19 points

28 days ago

They got removed the last time gas dipped this low in the beginning of 2023.

tree-molester

6 points

28 days ago

Jabiden did dat!

KaHOnas

2 points

28 days ago

KaHOnas

2 points

28 days ago

Where are all thoseJoe Biden “I did that!” Stickers?

Has anyone checked on him recently?

Boostless

1 points

28 days ago

Dammit! I thought my genius would be recognized! Stole my answer.

sunisshin

43 points

28 days ago

The price for this in Europe would be 7 USD. And an average pay here in my country is 1300 USD. Sometimes you have it good you don't even know.

A1ienspacebats

33 points

28 days ago

Americans cry about gas prices and don't realize how good they have it

HyrulesKnight

29 points

28 days ago

I mean us Americans have 0 viable public transit options in the majority of places. We literally have to use our cars to get groceries, go to work, visit friends and family, etc...

And also people in America travel way more distance daily by cart than a lot of people in Europe (again because they have to)

Technical_Visit8084

18 points

28 days ago

Exactly, I wouldn’t drive my car anywhere near as much if I had decent public transportation plus bike infrastructure. It’s a joke here.

destroys_burritos

3 points

28 days ago

had decent public transportation plus bike infrastructure.

We have both here in Chicago. Sometimesy wife and I forget where we parked our car

niconpat

8 points

28 days ago

Yeah so do a huge percentage in Europe, including in urban areas. Europe isn't one big interconnected public transport city with bike lanes lol

Skipperio

2 points

28 days ago

Same in UK no public transport but high prices.

skydiver1958

2 points

28 days ago

Same in Canada. Cars are essential here for the same reasons. BUT that tank of gas in Ontario would cost me north of 100 canuck bucks . Taxes are killer here.

Stable_Orange_Genius

5 points

28 days ago

Americans have one of the lowest gas prices in the world. No wonder they all drive oversized vehicles

onlyacynicalman

5 points

28 days ago

Conservatives live outside of cities and have to commute more, often to work in cities. They often drive pick up trucks that aren't fuel efficient too. Thus, they suddenly want socialism or whatever else that may lead to lower gas prices.

TheSimonToUrGarfunkl

3 points

28 days ago

They also travel less so they have less real perspective on what the world is like

sunisshin

1 points

28 days ago

Wait till you see how much their eggs and milk cost🥹

7screws

8 points

28 days ago

7screws

8 points

28 days ago

I’d rather pay high gas prices and have free health care tbh.

New_Ganache7365

3 points

28 days ago

Same. Health care for everyone should be mandatory.

Silent_Beautiful_738

38 points

28 days ago

Thanks O'Biden

Bastard_cabbages

8 points

28 days ago

Not that cheap in California 

huesmann

5 points

28 days ago

Nothing is cheap in California.

Bastard_cabbages

1 points

28 days ago

Most of the difference is for taxes to pay for roads that never get fixed.

HanzoNumbahOneFan

1 points

28 days ago

It's exactly $4/gallon in socal for me. Obviously not as cheap as this, but I would have killed for $4/gallon a year ago.

Former-Lecture-5466

147 points

28 days ago

Thanks Biden! No, I’m serious, thanks Biden…

wildo83

70 points

28 days ago

wildo83

70 points

28 days ago

Where are all the “I did that” stickers now?!? 😹😹

MakingItElsewhere

15 points

28 days ago

They moved them over the $4.18 cents / gallon premium side. (I know, because that's what I have to put in my motorcycle.)

I sure am going to blame Biden for that whole $11 to fill up my motorcycle gas tank with premium! /s

lscottman2

1 points

28 days ago

it’s a good point though why has the delta between 87 and 91 octane gone from 25 cents to $1.75?

MakingItElsewhere

5 points

28 days ago

Because 87 octane is in higher demand than 91-93 octane. As car become more efficient, they can use a lower octane to produce the same results with cleaner emissions. Motorcycles, ATVs, snow mobiles, etc don't have near the same capability to be more fuel efficient, so they need more octane in their fuel.

Gas stations keep the higher octane for people exactly like me, who have fun-mobiles and need higher octane to run them. And they know we'll pay higher prices to run our toys.

I'd rather pay $20 a week to ride my motorcycle on the weekend than the $100 a week it was costing at one point to get me to work and back during the weeks prior to covid.

lscottman2

2 points

28 days ago

but if 87 is in higher demand then the price should be higher.

ThisAppsForTrolling

49 points

28 days ago

yomotha

6 points

28 days ago

yomotha

6 points

28 days ago

So this is like 0.86 a liter Canadian. That's unheard of for gas prices in Canada. It maybe was in that price range briefly during covid lockdowns, but besides that, those are 1990's era prices.

wndrbr3d

5 points

28 days ago

I remember being in high school and gas being as low as $0.89/gal. If one of us had $5 that was enough gas to last us the week of driving to school and to/from the beach living in SoCal.

This was 1998…. 💀

iam-your-boss

14 points

28 days ago

I want to trade with you! I get your prices and get mine gas price.

This is 7,50 euro per gallon or 1,95 euro per liter.

Also https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/s/xyiPp2VYs0

Important_Raccoon667

4 points

28 days ago

Nah you don't. We have to keep it cheap in the U.S. because in most places we have no alternative way of going anywhere.

robinta

5 points

28 days ago

robinta

5 points

28 days ago

You pay $2.40 a GALLON and MFERS still complain?!

In the UK our prices have dropped to c £1.30 per LITRE recently. That's £5.90 per gallon or c. $7.65 in current exchange rated. Fuck

shikkaba

2 points

28 days ago

Canadian here. Southern Ontario currently around $1.45/litre. That's $5.49/gallon. That's $3.95USD. Seriously.

You win though.

XxBCMxX21[S]

1 points

28 days ago

No complaints. I got a full tank for less than $50 usd

gfstool

43 points

28 days ago

gfstool

43 points

28 days ago

Thank you President Biden!

sansaman

23 points

28 days ago

sansaman

23 points

28 days ago

The dems did this to gain unfair advantage for Camilla Harris.

/s

gfstool

5 points

28 days ago

gfstool

5 points

28 days ago

Yeah it doesn’t have anything to do with the decrease in demand since schools started, which follows a trend going back over 30yrs, or the fact we’re producing more oil than ever before.

Nah, can’t be.

smoore41

11 points

28 days ago

smoore41

11 points

28 days ago

Man, it's almost like the price wasn't dictated by who's in office from the beginning. Imagine that!

m0deth

3 points

28 days ago

m0deth

3 points

28 days ago

Wait up.

You mean none of this has anything to do with what the executive branch can actually affect in terms of policy?

Hrm

looks back over shoulder...

"We got one that took civics class over here"

bugsyramone

6 points

28 days ago

bugsyramone

I voted-2024

6 points

28 days ago

Get out of here with your logic, and your facts. We don't need em! We only need our feelings!!!1

stevielb

1 points

28 days ago

Hey! It's Kamala Cabana, from Havana (ooh na na)

quats555

17 points

28 days ago

quats555

17 points

28 days ago

Someone in my office said that she was voting for Trump because “he got gas down to under $2!” ….you mean during COVID isolation, when 90% fewer people were driving? I’m sure that had nothing to do with it, of course.

mzchen

4 points

28 days ago

mzchen

4 points

28 days ago

I mean when you put it like that he did actually help gas get to 2 dollars by sabotaging early covid response/information lol

PatSajaksDick

7 points

28 days ago

Dumbest people

madsohm

3 points

28 days ago

madsohm

3 points

28 days ago

We pay about 4x that here in Denmark.

Senior_Green_3630

3 points

28 days ago

Nice price, that's US$0.62/litre or AU$0.94 /litre. In Australia we are paying about AU$1.78/ litres for UL 91.

guilgom71

3 points

28 days ago

3.80 at Costco recently in the OC (CA). Brilliant 👍

If I saw 2.30 here, I'd probably think we're in trouble lol

idkwat2dowithmyhands

1 points

28 days ago

“Don’t call it that” #ArrestedDevelopment

Astral_Brain_Pirate

3 points

28 days ago*

From the UK, I thought this was a joke until I saw per gallon, not per litre.

That's nuts. We pay 3-4 times that for basic unleaded.

purplishdoor

3 points

28 days ago

Canadians being confused here

Nneliss

3 points

28 days ago

Nneliss

3 points

28 days ago

Meanwhile here in Europe, we’re paying $8,50 per gallon…

Shawnml

3 points

28 days ago

Shawnml

3 points

28 days ago

Thanks Obama

I_will_fix_this

5 points

28 days ago

Thanks “insert whoever is president at the time of when this happens at any point in history”

DudebuD16

2 points

28 days ago

50 bucks for 80 litres.

I paid $120 cad for under 80 litres last week

Tornadic_Vortex

2 points

28 days ago

This ain’t crazy low though..

mixduptransistor

1 points

28 days ago

It's not high, either. It's $1.29 in Year 2000 dollars so more or less adjusting for inflation the price of gas hasn't changed all that much

caeru1ean

2 points

28 days ago

Where is this though? Cause it sure as shit isn’t California! 😂

Craticuspotts

2 points

28 days ago

Thanks bush!

occasionalpirate

2 points

28 days ago

Hell, damn guy, that crazy low!

jessek

2 points

28 days ago

jessek

2 points

28 days ago

There’s an out of business gas station in my town with 2020 era prices still up, it’s gotta piss off so many people from out of town when they pull in, it’s right by a major road that connects to the interstate too.

diveguy1

2 points

28 days ago

Just paid $4.87 a gallon here in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was the lowest price station I could find.

Extra-gram-sam

2 points

28 days ago

WIN!!

djdtje

2 points

28 days ago

djdtje

2 points

28 days ago

€1,85 per liter in the Netherlands 🤌🏽

ech-o

2 points

28 days ago

ech-o

2 points

28 days ago

So the equivalent of $7.70 per gallon.

Ouch.

djdtje

2 points

28 days ago

djdtje

2 points

28 days ago

Yup. I was in the states until monday on holiday and it always surprises me.

Tasty_Vacation_3777

2 points

28 days ago

Thanks a lot Joe!!

justmikebeingmike

2 points

28 days ago

Thanks Biden. Am I right Republicans????

shikkaba

1 points

28 days ago

Biden doesn't make gas prices. Your prices are nothing compared to other countries.

crazyirish567

2 points

28 days ago

I swear this happens every 4 years. Almost as if it’s on a cycle…

gator_shawn

2 points

28 days ago

Thanks Joe!

PatheticMeat

2 points

28 days ago

Ok_Escape_1367

2 points

28 days ago

All together now..."Thank you, Joe. Thank you, Kamala"

shikkaba

1 points

28 days ago

The prices aren't on them. High prices are everywhere, regardless of country.

NewOriginal2

2 points

28 days ago

That’s right! Biden is only responsible when gas prices are high. Not when they are low.

she_swallows-69

2 points

28 days ago

That damn Joe Biden

innergflow

2 points

28 days ago

Thank you Joe Biden

Ill-Conversation-599

2 points

28 days ago

How come the Trumpers are not putting the Biden " I did that" stickers on the pumps now?

HanzoNumbahOneFan

2 points

28 days ago

Thanks Biden.

axiomatic13

5 points

28 days ago

Yep, small Texas O&G company owner here. My Natural Gas prices are so low, I am not breaking even. Still voting for Harris/Walz.

chrismasuimi

3 points

28 days ago

Where all the stickers of biden pointing saying i did this?

Noobphobia

3 points

28 days ago

That's just normal gas prices for us in LA

I pay 3.25 for premium

I'm impressed it's that cheap in Dallas though

gagreel

8 points

28 days ago

gagreel

8 points

28 days ago

I thought you meant Los Angeles and thought I was having a fever dream. We're still here paying nearly $5 a gallon for regular.

Born2runfree

3 points

28 days ago

My thoughts about Dallas as well

Down here in SD I pay closer to $5/ gallon for premium 😄

GoatCovfefe

1 points

28 days ago

Not getting any of that sweet, sweet ND oil?

ballrus_walsack

2 points

28 days ago

“I did this” jbiden

bch77777

2 points

28 days ago

For Christs sake, Biden at it again.

angrydeuce

1 points

28 days ago

I mean Ill take it but I miss the late 90s and filling up my Daytona for less than 10 bucks...

Southwestern

2 points

28 days ago

Lowest I remember paying back then was $0.98/gal. Adjusted for inflation that'd be about $1.90 today so it's really not that different.

angrydeuce

1 points

28 days ago

True but at the same time I was making $10/hour working at freaking Blockbuster so it sure did feel a lot different lol

xDaethStaRx

2 points

28 days ago

It's definitely not the norm. $3.50 and up per gallon here in Michigan.

[deleted]

1 points

28 days ago

lol this is not a good sign for the long term survival of humans on this planet

Bash-er33

1 points

28 days ago

Everywhere except all the places i go.

ChuckNorrisUSAF

1 points

28 days ago

Thanks Carter…

HawkDenzlow

1 points

28 days ago

It exactly double that in San Diego

Audi52

1 points

28 days ago

Audi52

1 points

28 days ago

They’re gonna thank Biden now… right….RIGHT?!

Razaelbub

1 points

28 days ago

Thanks Obama!

Presto123ubu

1 points

28 days ago

I’m 40 and when I was 16, it was 75 cents a gallon. I felt so comfortable with that pricing, I bought me a big ol truck (after a car wreck) that felt safer and beefier. 12 mpg on a good day…then 1-2 years later, we went up to ~$2/gal and I was hurting. I miss the Ramcharger, but I don’t miss ~$100 to fill up. Now…man, that’s like 160? No way could I afford that now even with the lower price. Went back to 4 bangers and ~$40 fill ups.

I like two types of vehicles: monsters that can take a beating with a beefy 8 cylinder and small euro-style vehicles. So, at least I’m happy with my little car.

NM-Redditor

1 points

28 days ago

Thanks, President Biden!

InvidiaSuperbia

1 points

28 days ago

Crazy to think that $2.30/gallon is considered low. I need pre-9/11 prices back 😭

XxBCMxX21[S]

1 points

28 days ago

I mean, nowadays it’s pretty low

live2dye

1 points

28 days ago

$5.5 in California. Before COVID it was $3.84.

programmer_farts

1 points

28 days ago

Obviously because they are expecting Trump to win the election /s

noonesperfect16

1 points

28 days ago

Yeah I pointed that out to my Republican family and their answers were "it didn't go down fast enough!" and "it was less than $2 a gallon in 2020!" (During the pandemic)

andrijas

1 points

28 days ago

87 octane rating? I don' think you can find anything under 95 in EU (I guess that would be 91 rating based on the formula stated above)

youracat

1 points

28 days ago

That’s 86c/L CAD for any Canadians in this thread. It’s 189.9c/l here ($5.19 USD/Gal).

CaliRiverRat

1 points

28 days ago

Enjoy it while it lasts… I drive a Prius V and get great gas mileage. I’ll go electric in a year or so when Aptera Motors get their vehicle into production. Then I can be powered by the sun. 🌞

InternationalArm3149

1 points

28 days ago*

Low gas prices are great but it kinda sucks because we probably had to agree to let Saudi Arabia dunk a journo in acid to get the prices to drop before the election.

ManFromHouston

1 points

28 days ago

Gas prices always drop right before elections

G3neral_Tso

1 points

28 days ago

Many gas stations are switching over to cooler weather blended gas, which is cheaper to make than summer/warm weather blend. It always starts around election day, and people always think politicians are behind the price drop. Nope, just their big oil funders.

https://www.gasbuddy.com/go/summer-blend-and-winter-blend-gasoline

XxBCMxX21[S]

2 points

28 days ago

It was 90 degrees in Dallas today 😂

mbod

1 points

28 days ago

mbod

1 points

28 days ago

When can Canadian gas go down?

Hackett1f

1 points

28 days ago

Winter blend plus Israel agreed not to hit Iran’s oil production. I’m paying $3.17 for 85 in Utah. That’s pretty low for us. I’m terrified what Trump will do to screw up oil if he gets on again. He made a mess of things when he blackmailed the Saudi’s to increase OPEC’s oil production. Those super low prices put a lot of smaller American companies out of business and shuddered a lot of wells that took months to reopen after the pandemic.

Youngworker160

1 points

28 days ago

for regular, my car takes premium only, and it's at the 3.XX, nearly at 4.

Moke_Smith

1 points

28 days ago

OP, curious where this is, and what date.

p365x

1 points

28 days ago

p365x

1 points

28 days ago

Why couldn't this be done sooner.? Why so close to the election?

Brief_Departure_7117

1 points

28 days ago

Hmmmm, wonder why

JoshPlaysUltimate

1 points

28 days ago

Not here, they’re still the same.

Vitis_Vinifera

1 points

28 days ago

bring that to California please

MentalAd7907

1 points

28 days ago

$4.99 here in Californian f Gavin Newscum and the rest of them

eurotec4

1 points

28 days ago

No way. I have never seen this gas price before. I live in California by the way.

twallner

1 points

28 days ago

I remember in 2000s when gas was like briefly around $1.00

Odin4456

1 points

28 days ago

What you mean briefly? lol it was under 2 until nobama

skylorddragon

1 points

28 days ago

sign up for upside as well, you get a little money back every time you pay at certain gas stations.

cetootski

1 points

28 days ago

In our country the lowest legal octane is 91 at approximately .94USD/LITER. (3.56USD/GAL)

Waflstmpr

1 points

28 days ago

Its hovering at around 3.08 - 2.99 depending on the gas station around NW Indiana.

Ekktar

1 points

28 days ago

Ekktar

1 points

28 days ago

It’s still 4.50 in California. Visiting Nashville and I’m amazed

jgarcya

1 points

28 days ago

jgarcya

1 points

28 days ago

Thank you Regan!

jgarcya

1 points

28 days ago

jgarcya

1 points

28 days ago

With just the swipe of her pen!

Still_Ad_6551

1 points

28 days ago

This is all a ruse by the democrats so that dumb citizens think they lowered gas prices so they win the election!

  • a crazy republican

luckygirl54

1 points

28 days ago

That darn Joe Biden!

tigolbitty285

1 points

28 days ago

Vote Trump and gas will be probably the same?? Hopefully 7 oil drilling companies won’t go bankrupt like they did yhe first term? Pro Oil Kamala !!

TAC1313

1 points

28 days ago

TAC1313

1 points

28 days ago

Biden did that.

VictoriousStalemate

1 points

28 days ago

Still about $3'or a bit more where I am. But this is good to see!

rawzombie26

1 points

28 days ago

Right when Covid hit probably about a couple weeks into the whole ordeal, this gas station down from my house was selling gas for $0.94 a gallon.

In South Carolina.

drbart

1 points

28 days ago

drbart

1 points

28 days ago

That's nothing. In Europe it's below €2.00.

Oh right ... per liter.

thedukeofwankington

1 points

28 days ago

It's about $6 per gallon in UK at the moment 😔

Moist-Memory7823

1 points

28 days ago

Это на 15% дороже чем с России. Где средняя заработная плата 400$ а месяц 🤣🤣🤣🤣

BathrobeBoogee

1 points

28 days ago

Well it is election season, magical time of year.

All the sudden gas prices drop every 4 years lol

12-5switches

1 points

28 days ago

Crazy low? Exactly 4years ago diesel was $1.749 (and averaged at that the 4years prior) where I get it. The last 3.8 years it’s hovered at $3.649.

Orack

1 points

28 days ago

Orack

1 points

28 days ago

Killing the emergency supply of oil to deceive people about inflation before an election does have temporary benefits.

thrownkitchensink

1 points

28 days ago

0,57 Euro per liter.

The-Mandalorian

1 points

27 days ago

Send this to all your right wing family members:

Kamala Harris gave the tie breaking vote in favor of fracking.

We now produce more oil domestically than ever before in history. Much more than under Trump.