• jobbies@lemmy.zip
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    15 minutes ago

    Wasn’t he elected precisely because of things like gas prices?

    If he was PM here in UK he would be facing calls to resign. This would be seen as abandoning the electorate or breaking a manifesto pledge.

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    3 hours ago

    Marie Antoinette wants her sentiment back

    (Yes I know it’s apocryphal don’t @ me)

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    41 minutes ago

    Trump to the world: “Fuck you all, no one is stopping me from doing anything so I will keep getting more extreme until we find a breaking point.”

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    3 hours ago

    If they rise, they rise. Just makes solar an even more fucking obvious choice.

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        That’s really funny. My electricity prices have basically tripled over the past two or three years and my use hasn’t changed.

        With the push towards AI data centers that seem to have coats pushed to the average homeowner, I do not think an EV will be the most cost effective option, at least in “car” form.

        Maybe an electric bike or scooter would be more cost effective

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          I feel you… I went full electric and despite having solar I’m at about 300€ monthly. And that’s on top of the cost of solar and the production I get from the panels. The less we take on the grid the more expensive it is. Now we pay to inject our production when we don’t auto consume it. So all in all it’s always about paying more.

          But at least we are not fucking up the air anymore which was the initial idea.

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          I know the prices vary by state and municipality but even with a 300% increase you might still save money overall with reduced maintenance and cost-per-mile. Filling up my tank with gas is ~$42 right now and with an equivalent EV it would cost ~$12 to fully charge (if it was 0-100%).

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    2 hours ago

    Extra stupid because, even if he doesn’t care about the retail price of gasoline for normal people, gas prices drive inflation by increasing the cost to produce basically everything.

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    48 minutes ago

    I like him! At least he’s honest! A real man of the people. Someone I could get a beer with. Drain the swamp!

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    3 hours ago

    I think that the distinct overlap between abusive religion and abusive leaders is what makes the former so useful to the latter.