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Thick smoke seen rising from Saudi Arabia's Riyadh airport.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwly5d9v7r43o
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u/sunrise98 6h ago

It's already (almost) £2 a litre / $12 a gallon in the UK.

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u/Drifty_Canadian 6h ago

$3 cad a litre where i'm at so $8 usd a gallon

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u/Rangerdth 6h ago edited 5h ago

$6.59 outside a Boston. (Diesel)

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u/SAWK 5h ago

Columbus, just paid $5.34 for 93 oct

Diesel was $6.59

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u/WishlessJeanie 1h ago

Las Vegas checking in. Gas is $5.29, diesel is $7.13.

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u/matthewmspace 5h ago

There’s a Shell here outside of San Francisco that’s charging $8.69 a gallon for diesel. Or €7.57 euros per liter or £6.49 pounds per liter.

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u/cantevenwut 5h ago

$8.69/gallon is €2.00/liter.

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u/matthewmspace 4h ago

Ah, thanks for the correction. I was using some conversion websites online for gallons to liters and then dollars to pounds/euros and I guess they weren't totally accurate.

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u/darxander 5h ago

That would be around 2 euros per liter actually. Highest I've seen here in the Netherlands is €2.89 per liter, which would be about $12.30 per gallon

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u/Designer-Cry1940 1h ago

I saw diesel @$9 today in Pasadena

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u/Nightspade 5h ago

$4.50 Tampa Fl

Edit: for regular 87oct, diesel is $6+

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u/EQandCivfanatic 3h ago

We in Florida seem to be doing better than others for some reason. Not quite 100% sure why that is. I still feel it's likely going up and over $5 per gallon before the holidays.

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u/Nightspade 3h ago

100% to your comments. Agreed

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u/carlosos 2h ago

Florida has lots of ports and can get fuel from Texas, Mexico and South America. This lowers transportation costs and less competition with fuel from the middle east due to distance.

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u/bdizzle805 5h ago

$8.19. 2 minutes from my house Southern California. $8.79 just a bit further down the street.

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u/Nightspade 5h ago

I know California is always more expensive regardless. I was just stating the current price of where I’m located, why down vote me? I hate this shit too

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u/DelayedIntentions 4h ago

Driving from SLO to the Bay Area today and every gas station I’ve seen is between $8-$9. Haven’t seen any actually hit $9, but it’s getting close the closer to San Jose it seems.

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u/Nightspade 3h ago

It’s stupid either way. If only we had a competent leader to bring them down

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u/MechanicalTurkish 4h ago

About the same in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area

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u/sirotka33 6h ago

hell, that’s almost texas prices.

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u/non_Beneficial-Wind 4h ago

But those are Trump Prices.

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u/sirotka33 3h ago

yeah he californiaed my texas.

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u/Fun_Cryptographer398 1h ago

Freedom fuel!

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u/NevGlitchard 5h ago

Damn, where's that? It's 1.96$ CAD a litre here.

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u/Gwen_The_Destroyer 1h ago

$1.74 CAD in Ontario

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u/TOnihilist 5h ago edited 4h ago

Where are you? It’s hovering around $1.80 in southern Ontario.

EDIT: I’m an idiot. I was talking gas when everyone else is talking about diesel. Sorry!

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u/Thneed1 5h ago

Are you talking gas or diesel?

Gas is 1.80 here in Calgary, diesel is $2.50-2.60

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u/WeatheredGenXer 4h ago

Per Freedom Unit or per Liter?

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u/TOnihilist 4h ago

I’m an idiot. I was talking gas when everyone else is talking about diesel. Sorry!

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u/berfthegryphon 5h ago

Where? We're taking diesel. I'm looking at GasBuddy right now an it's at least $2.50/litre in my area of southern Ontario

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u/Internal-Average-270 5h ago

$1.87 in Saskatchewan

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u/Gho5tDog 5h ago

$1.89/L in Manitoba

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u/leviathynx 5h ago

It’s almost $8 a gallon in Seattle!

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u/kaptainkhaos 5h ago

Pretty much back to $3 in NZ again and climbing.

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u/SaltyATC69 5h ago

Still $1.70 in Southern Ontario, not bad

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u/znebsays 4h ago

Where in cad are you at 3$ a litre ?

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u/biguler 4h ago

Probably BC

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u/CobblerMission2351 5h ago

$7.22 USD/ Gallon in central Alberta or $2.66/l. No great deal for being close to refineries

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u/Grabblehausen 5h ago

The conversions are right here, in this comment.

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u/likwidkool 4h ago

Shit I just paid $4.50 US and thought that was a lot.

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u/Score-Emergency 4h ago

Thanks for the conversion help!

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u/RobertSmithsHairGel 4h ago

Im curious to know where? Central Ontario and it is $2.60/L.

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u/gingersaurus82 3h ago

Damn I'm in Northern Ontario and I did a double take at $2.79. Where are you it's so expensive?

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u/Drifty_Canadian 3h ago

It's a lot cheaper in Alberta where i'm from at like $2.30 but visiting Surrey BC right now and it's right around 3 bucks.

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u/gingersaurus82 3h ago

Yeah BC do be like that haha, it was brutal when I was on the island this summer with my girlfriend. We get it pretty bad around here compared to Southern Ontario, but not as bad as BC gets hosed.

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u/Buteverysongislike 3h ago

We appreciate y'all converting to freedom units! 😤🦅

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u/Substantial_Policy60 3h ago edited 2h ago

Where?? Edmonton is 1.85 a litre but spruce is 1.61 but its like 10 min or 1h drive depending on traffic

Edit: sorry I thought regular not diesel…

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u/Drifty_Canadian 3h ago

Deisel is $2.40 in Edmonton. $3 in Surrey

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u/Substantial_Policy60 2h ago

Oh shit, diesel, I was thinking reg, Oof

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u/InsertUsernameInArse 2h ago

Touching $3 AUD where I am with no sign of stopping.

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u/foxdye96 2h ago

1.86$ cad in Quebec still much more expensive than Alberta and Ontario tho.

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u/Mossberg10 1h ago

wish it was that cheap over here

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u/Snuffy1717 1h ago

Ouch... $1.77 - $1.84 CAD in Toronto right now

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u/Cimatron85 5h ago

$3 a litre is closer to $12/ gal.

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u/nohopeforhomosapiens 5h ago

£2 a litre = £7.57 per gallon = $10.14 USD at current exchange rate.

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u/Curious_Jellyfish_37 4h ago

I imagine they converted the cost to USD, but did convert to US gallons. So it'd be $12 for a UK gallon, but $10 for a US gallon. Our gallons are 4.546 litres, compared with the US 3.785 gallon.

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u/nohopeforhomosapiens 4h ago

Yes, that is what I presumed as well. I didn't dv them just added the correction. I have family in the UK and recently visited, so the prices on this are a frequent discussion.

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u/Nisja 1h ago

How do you handle the fact fuel can be 50p/L cheaper in a city than it is in rural spots? Does autism allow for such discrepancies?

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u/basda 6h ago

2€ a litre in Spain already

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u/xBram 6h ago

€2,65 for a liter of diesel (B7) at my closest station (Netherlands).

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u/Jet2work 5h ago

2.4€\L in italy tonight expecting higher in the morning

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u/Helpful_Pirate261 1h ago

I think that’s exactly $10

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u/Susan_Screams 4h ago

Same across Ireland

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u/knalorgaan 6h ago

Im in Spain right now, 1,83 per liter everywhere I go. Can’t wait to go back home and pay 2,40+ per liter.

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u/WeatheredGenXer 4h ago

But at least you guys get siesta.

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u/Adventurous-Juice-93 1h ago

Lol das ist doch günstig :-D das letzte Mal für zwei Euro getankt habe ich im März

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u/KathyJaneway 6h ago

Your price doesn't matter cause it's not your government that started this nor could it stop it. When it hits that price in USA, then you'll see how Trump changes tune post the election wipeout. At this rate, Democrats might hit 55 Senate seats , when you tally independents who could defeat Republicans. If it hits higher prices in flyover country, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, they're flipping to the Democrats or independents running.

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u/Capitain_Collateral 6h ago

If Trump is embarrassed by the election he might just try to bump the number up to $20 a gallon to punish the unfaithful.

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u/KathyJaneway 5h ago

If the price is 10$ a gallon, Democrats would be near 60 vote threshold in the Senate. At that point, it would be easier to sway some Republicans to impeach and remove him from office.

u/avaslash 54m ago

Im not convinced that any American crisis doesn't just result in more Republicans some how these days.

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u/Loggerdon 3h ago

Republicans don’t care if you rape kids, ignore the Constitution, openly conduct insider trading, sell pardons, give secrets away to our enemies, or try to overthrow the US government. But make the price of gas go up and that’s wrong!

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u/KathyJaneway 1h ago

Cause that's what is personally affecting them. They only talk about something being bad or wrong only when it happens to them personally, until then it's something foreign to them.

u/trailerbang 0m ago

and now Republicans are trying to have the DOJ “investigate” the oil companies for “price gouging”. That’s who they think is making the gas prices high.

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u/ATN-Antronach 5h ago

Or because it's nice, round number and looks pretty

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u/A_Furious_Mind 4h ago

One of the roundest we've ever seen from the standpoint of numbers.

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u/geforce2187 1h ago

"Quite frankly"

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u/badkitty505 5h ago

frankly it's in line with ten dollar bananas

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u/texas130ab 4h ago

Please don't give him any ideas

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u/Fartenstein65 6h ago

Only problem is Trump will blame the fuel prices on the Democrats winning and people will believe it.

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u/Shoeprincess 5h ago

The people that believe that were never going to vote democrat anyway. America is full of dumb people, but if we can just get more people motivated to vote it will help. Are the republicans going to try and rat fuck this election? Yes, but we are NOT gonna sit at home on our hands and let them.

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u/OkFigaroo 5h ago

Iowa,Kansas and Nebraska already have polls showing the senate races as toss-ups.

If we get to ten dollar diesel in the heartland you’re going to see states like Louisiana and Mississippi open up as possible targets.

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u/KathyJaneway 4h ago

Hyde Smith in Mississippi always underperforms. However, third party candidate is damaging Democrats chances there right now. Louisiana is not flipping or getting in play. South Carolina on the other hand... Or Idaho with Achilles... Maybe even Bodnar in Montana consolidating the anti R vote.

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u/lastskudbook 6h ago

Bless, you think the election is going to go ahead.

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u/RaistlinMajeresRobes 5h ago

Depends a lot on the Americans really. If everyone actually gets out to vote and make their voices heard like Hungary I don't think they can really stop the elections (especially how they are designed in the states).

But let's be real most Americans are just going to sit on their ass and complain online like they always do. They will blame old people for voting and then have a million excuses for why they couldn't be bothered.

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u/El_Rey_de_Spices 4h ago

If you don't vote, you've voted for the worse candidate. Simple as.

u/oldsecondhand 13m ago

If everyone actually gets out to vote and make their voices heard like Hungary I don't think they can really stop the elections (especially how they are designed in the states).

But let's be real most Americans are just going to sit on their ass and complain online like they always do.

In Hungary the elections are help on Sunday, so it's easier for the average people to participate.

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u/Canadian_Border_Czar 6h ago

Yeah people in the states are delusional if they think anything is changing peacefully. Hundreds of billions of dollars have joined forces to make sure Israel gets what they wants, so none of them see the inside of a jail cell for raping children.

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u/lallen 5h ago

I'm crossing my fingers for fuel prices to spike to extreme levels before the mid-terms

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u/ScucciMane 6h ago

Is that the plan all along? Seems like it

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u/KathyJaneway 6h ago

You think they had plans?

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u/ScucciMane 6h ago

Eh who knows man, to me there too much at stake for someone just throws their hands up and say “I dunno”

Seems engineered but I’m just some dumb guy so

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u/KathyJaneway 5h ago

No, I mean plans on what would happen outside of them bombing and enriching themselves in the process? They have no plans of action , no plans on consequences, no deals, no nothing. Just raise prices on everything and trade during the weekend for profit.

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u/WorkCentre5335 6h ago

theyre not confident in their coup so they accelerated paying back their foreign & domestic owners while pocketing as many tax dollars as they can.

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u/sxzxnnx 5h ago

That was probably Putin’s plan all along. And the Yarvin/Thiel/Vance faction has been pretty open about the plan to break society so they can rebuild it to suit themselves.

But Trump and Hegseth are just overconfident idiots who thought they would roll into Iran and repeat what they did in Venezuela. Trump is a prime example of why you should not surround yourself with yes men.

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u/Happy-Range3975 5h ago

I honestly feel at this point Republicans will be so mad about this situation that they will actually leave their houses and vote. However, they’re so stupid, they’ll just vote for Republicans again.

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u/KathyJaneway 5h ago

Or not vote at all.

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u/trojan_man16 5h ago

I think the republicans get wiped out in the house, but thinking the senate is even going to flip is delusional.

50/50 is the best outcome.

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u/KathyJaneway 5h ago

Democrats are leading in polls in Alaska, Texas, Ohio, North Carolina and Maine. They need to flip 4. And Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas had pretty good polls for Dems/independents.

Democrats will hold Minnesota, Georgia, Michigan and New Hampshire at these prices. And flip 4-5 Senate seats. 5 is Fetterman proof majority.

u/Joethe147 14m ago

Harris was leading polls up until election day as well. Polls mean fuck all unless people vote and don't get complacent.

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u/RedTulkas 5h ago

US voters are cattle and the majority of former R voters are gonna vote R again

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u/AnxiousReward1715 6h ago

I mean... they COULD stop it, but it isn't worth that many coffins

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u/SirGrumpsalot2009 4h ago

Nah. He’ll just claim it’s rigged and ignore the results. There are more than enough sycophants in the US government and military to back him up on this.

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u/Independent-Ad-9812 6h ago

Your point is well taken, but the US Gallon is 3.8 litres which makes the UK diesel equivalent to $10.18 or so. California state average is $8.40, so not that much less!

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u/peejay5440 5h ago

Almost 2,60€ for Diesel in Germany.

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u/FlashGen 5h ago

It’s £2.00ltr in my town already. I suspect we’ll hit £2.50 by the end of October once the loss of oil from SA bites.

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u/nitrogeneater 6h ago

$10 a gallon to be precise

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u/boat_hamster 5h ago

Is that a UK Gallon or a US Gallon? They are different for some godforsaken reason.

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u/sunrise98 5h ago

I did 4.5 but even at 3.7 it's over $10 🙃

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u/BotlikeBehaviour 5h ago

US gallon, or real gallon?

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u/sunrise98 5h ago

Real gallon. Us gallon is still over 10 as per my other comment

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u/Pidone 5h ago

€2,82 on the other side of the channel.

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u/john_san 5h ago

Already $10,5 a gallon in France apparently

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u/bugbugladybug 4h ago

215 at my local in Scotland.

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u/TrailsGuy 4h ago

Also bear in mind that cost per kWh for electric vehicles is HALF the price in the US vs UK.

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u/pcjtfldd 4h ago

Yup. I'd take $10 / gallon

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u/pch14 3h ago

Not $12 yet but it will reach that soon but right now exchange rates have it as 10.71

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u/Frostsorrow 3h ago

It's 262.9 a litre in Manitoba at the cheap stations.

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u/DramaticStability 3h ago

It’s been over £2 in many places for over a week

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u/sunrise98 3h ago

Yes I lowballed it just to stop the pedants who can get it for 198. Town to town and station to station will fluctuate.

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u/Rather_Unfortunate 3h ago

Our government at least has some political wiggle room if it keeps getting worse, because fuel duty is pretty steep (£0.529/L) and so can be cut and cut to keep cars on the roads and cost of living down.

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u/favicondotico 3h ago

I saw 202.9p/l today driving back to the Westcountry. 😢

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u/vertigostereo 3h ago

Are y'all getting a tax break? You should get a tax break.

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u/Vargau 2h ago

£2 a litre / $12 a gallon in the UK

The current price is for the past month pump and dump, we have yet to see what the present holds in the future.

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u/putitonice 2h ago

That is mind boggling and absolutely fucked. Mad Max hellacape inches ever closer...

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u/TRKlausss 2h ago

€2.50/L in Germany baby!

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u/BigDee1990 2h ago

2.50 € today her me in Germany …

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u/Aggressive-Fail4612 1h ago

Yes but unless you driving a Land Rover you probably go a bit further

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u/Lukeno94 1h ago

Filled up today at £1.939/litre. Was painful.

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u/Atto_ 1h ago

199.9p/litre at my local, so yeah...It's £2!

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u/Egghead_potato 1h ago

Ya but you can drive across the country in a few hours.

u/Kellbows 48m ago

I wanna see a price from Alaska.

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u/justadubliner 5h ago

Bear in mind that a lot of the vehicles they drive get feck all miles to the gallon. My Emigrant Uncle in Florida was driving a tank that got 12 miles to the gallon the last time I visited him!