I live in one of the poorest areas of Arizona right now. Gas prices here are INSANE

[AZLD4Candidate]

Gas prices here on the Tohono o'Odham nation are $4.89 for the cheap stuff and $5.49 for the good stuff.

I drive a vintage 35th anniversary edition Camaro z28 and I've never seen gas like this.

Even in Tucson, it's an average of $4.40 for the cheap stuff.

Since Arizona is a low pay, right-to-starve state as stated in the AZ Constitution, I am trying to understand out people out here on the TON can afford both gas and food (since there is one grocery store and that place is almost 60% more than in Tucson. Case in point: House brand Crystal Light is $3.59 a box for the 10 small pack box, but only $2.00 in Tucson).

Thanks, Vlad and Big Oil.

I have a film festival in LA I am driving to next month. I am really working on on trying to plan fuel stops effectively.

[msongs]

1. sounds about right...for hawaii nt

[Blues Heron]

2. You have- adjusted for inflation gas is where it was in 1980 and cheaper than 2008

[hlthe2b]

3. Can't even enjoy some "told you so" for all those who've made fun of my years long move from my

previous SUVs and Subie Outback to a Toyota Prius. I'm glad I have it now and can weather this so much better, but damn it is going to hurt everyone. I scarcely drive anywhere anymore as it is--just to and from work. No impulsive side trips no matter how short.

Hang in there everyone. Walk/bike where you can and do your errands in one trip combined with commuting if you possibly can. And for gawd's sakes, don't give in to your "lead foot" if you have one, just to get to the head of three cars--only to be promptly stopped at the next light. Jimmy Carter was right long ago if only we'd listened thn.

[Budi]

5. In the check out lane last night a woman complained that it cost her $100 to fill her Escalade 🙄

And blamed President Biden.

Maybe its the ESCALADE.
Actually gas prices here are around 3.89
That's up 40 cents from 3 weeks ago, so I'm guessing the cost to fill her gas sucking Escalade was probably around $70-80 already.

And Biden has nothing to do with it.

[stopdiggin]

4. if you're heading to LA - you ain't seen NOTHIN

good luck! (and, yeah - rural areas often have a pretty good sized price disadvantage)

[gratuitous]

6. Be sure you know whose hand is on the jackhandle raising those prices

It's our good friends the multinational oil companies. You know, the folks who discourage investment in and development of alternate means of transportation that don't depend on gasoline. The folks who started jacking up prices months ago as countries began coming out of the isolation protocols of the pandemic. The folks behind the nonsensical claims that prices are going up because of the scuttling of the Keystone XL pipeline by TransCanada or that they need to have more public wilderness lands opened up to drilling. Big Oil is sitting on more than 9,000 permits they aren't using.

The fact of the matter is that they're getting a better price for the oil they pump out of the United States, and they're selling that oil to other countries. If people are suffering because of those jacked-up prices and the ripple effect it has through the economy, that's none of Big Oil's concern.

WHEN THIS TEMPORARY, ARTIFICIAL SHORTAGE IS OVER, start making and carrying out plans to reduce your own dependency on petroleum products. Because it's going to happen again.

[Runningdawg]

7. A friend who works at walmart in AZ drives about 30 miles one way to work

He's sleeping in his car in the parking lot, along with several other employees. I am retried now but as a nurse I worked with others who routinely drove 60-75 miles one way for a 12 hour shift. There is a new type of shortage coming.

[BlackSkimmer]

8. Expensive!