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[–] slevinkelevra@sh.itjust.works 60 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

8.199$/gallon, that's 1.846 €/Liter Diesel. Meanwhile in Germany I had to fill up at 2.389 €/Liter, at times it's over 2.50

[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

brazil here, diesel is 6.49 BRL per liter here, that's less than an euro, turns out all that sugar cane ethanol did help with something0

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[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 49 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sucks that the US is so car-centric. If there was actual public transit (especially of the electric variety), people would struggle a little less.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 months ago

The same thing happened during the pandemic. Cities are built with large zoned swaths for residential, business and commercial all divided. When you can get around easy, that can work. But then suddenly with the WFH shift, entire sections were greatly impacted (such as restaurants in business districts).

On the other hand, Asian and European cities that have dense mixed use zoning fared much better because the restaurants could serve people regardless if they were wfh or at an office.

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 28 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Honestly, I can't be bothered to get that worked up about gas. I've exclusively bought hybrids for like a decade now, and I've moved to areas that are close to work and anything else I want to go to. I fill up less than once a month. If gas is "really high", it might break $40 for a fill up, which is less than I'd spend at a cheap restaurant if I got an appetizer and two entrees. It's literally a rounding error on my monthly budget, so even if it was $20/gallon, I would be unfazed.

[–] doubletwist@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago

We went all EV last year, and it's been great to not care about the price of gas at the pump.

The real problem though, is all the other things you buy like clothes and groceries, etc. are impacted by the price of gas and oil used to create it and ship it around. You may not notice the price directly in fueling you car, but eventually, you will be paying dearly because of those high gas prices.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I also don’t sweat gas prices but it affects a lot of people disproportionately. A lot of low income earners have to drive a lot, either because of the job or because they can’t live closer to where they work. It’s not like they charge a fuel surcharge for lawn care for example.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Still dirt cheap when compared to prices here. I have no ideas what you 'mericans whine about.

[–] CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Does your country have a working public transit system?

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[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, it's also 87 octane.

Where I live it's $6.50 a gallon, but for 95 octane, which I don't think you can even get in the US.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 16 points 2 months ago (8 children)

You're probably thinking of 95 RON gasoline, but US pumps advertise gasoline in AKI. 95 RON is equivalent to 91 AKI, which is what they're selling as "Supreme" in the OP photo.

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[–] Lanske@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I remember the MAGA trash putting stickers of Joe Biden on gas pumps when it was $2.60 a gallon. Scum pretty silent now.

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[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

So, so great. Thanks for asking

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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I don't have any context for whether this is expensive or not, but....

You're charged LESS for fuel if you let them wash your car? ...what?

[–] OR3X@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

The car wash is an additional cost not listed.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago

The gas station has far higher marginal profit on a car wash than on gas. Also, most of the time you don't even break even on the supposed savings.

It's a trick to get people to spend more money in a way that is more advantageous for the gas station owner.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

because the other two comments didn't make it entirely clear if you have no idea what this is about: the pump will ask you if you want to buy a car wash ticket as well. if you say yes, you get the lower fuel price

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Is this some kind of empirical joke I’m too metric to understand?

I kid, I’m Canadian so I know off the top of my head a gallon is 3.81 litres.

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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago

Laughs in EV.

So glad I bought a cheap used one in February.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

FYI: At many of these stations (they make the same offer all over), you can just ignore the car wash price. First of all, the cost of the car wash is going to make the bill higher regardless. You won't save enough on most vehicles to offset the price of the wash. At best, you have a gas guzzling van you filled up, and broke even... on getting your van wet. Those automated car wash garages aren't actually washing shit. They'll get some stuff off, but they won't get most of it. And for most drivers, you'll actually spend more money that way.

Another scam stations run is a "cash price." It's fine if you bring the cash, but if you don't, they have an ATM that will charge you $5 to get the cash out, so you're not actually saving money and for some drivers, you're paying more and wasting your time. But if you know about how much gas you need and can do the math, or you just carry that much cash on the regular, it's not so much of a scam.

But here's the thing: on sites like GasBuddy, they're going to list the cash price or the car wash price, not the actual price. They don't have to stipulate that you have to spend money and/or time to get those prices. Your best bet is to simply not patronise stations that engage in deceptive pricing, even if it means spending a bit more per gallon down the street.

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago

on sites like GasBuddy, they're going to list the cash price or the car wash price, not the actual price.

Anyone can report the prices on GasBuddy. There is a shady Chevron like the one in the picture next to the station I use, I have rarely if ever seen the cash prices in GasBuddy.

[–] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Another scam stations run is a “cash price.”

FWIW, if you use a debit card and run it as debit (bypassing Visa or Mastarcard or whatever) then you will get the cash price and don't need to bring physical money. I'm sure some of the scam is to advertise lower prices when most people will use credit, but they're also charged a 3% fee from the credit card companies, and they're not going to eat that cost, so it gets passed to the consumer.

[–] hardcoreufo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I love to see it because all the idiots in their gas guzzling, coal rolling trucks get hit way harder than I do.

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[–] dalekirkwood@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Finally, Americans see what Europeans live with.

Enjoy your Kia Piccantos 🤣

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[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where are my buddies: coal rollers? What happened to them?

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[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I always pump for 20 Swiss francs so i dont care.

[–] bridgeburner@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Until ur car runs out of gas one time when driving to work, cos 20 bucks doesn't give u enough gas anymore to drive this far.

[–] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (4 children)

619 dollars for one oil? I'm guessing it's 6.19/l (or maybe even gallon? Who knows with these) but wow these are awkward to read.

[–] aarch64@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

Gas prices in the US are in $/gal, so $6.19 per gallon. Some signs just don't include the decimal.

I understand your confusion... I went to Canada for the first time recently and their prices are cents per liter, but (much like American prices) that's not actually indicated anywhere.

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[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

This is exactly the point of any war for the US. Secure cheap oil. Hence the terror around the world. I hope Iran kicks tRump's ass. Or someone assassinates that fuck.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

wow, that's actually more than here in Ontario after converting currency and volume units. $2.30 vs $1.60 when I filled up on the weekend

still quite cheap in the grand scheme of things for what it is

[–] fenrasulfr@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

We are currently dealing with 10 dollars the gallon in Europe so you have a little bit still to go. I can't imagine the mess this is making in countries that do not have the US or EU purchasing power.

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[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

We're paying $3.99 where I live. The extra in California is all taxes, yes?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

without getting into too much detail, there are three separate oil markets in the united states. california has its own. it's not california taxes, it has its own separate refinery and crude intake system with its own problem dealing with futures speculation.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Not all but a lot. It also is blended differently to pollute less, so it costs more. Importing oil from other states to be refined is also more difficult.

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[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Oh, I wish we could have that cheap gas here, you lucky bastards.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you reckon there's a fraction out the back that isn't 9/10, or did it never exist?

I'm wondering why it's even a thing.

[–] checkmymixtapeyo@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Cheap marketing trick to look one cent cheaper is all.

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