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[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 46 points 4 months ago (4 children)

It is sorta funny watching Americans pay gas prices that many parts of the world actually already paid.

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 26 points 4 months ago

What's ironic is that for most of America they're paying those amounts on top of government subsidies

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 22 points 4 months ago (2 children)

We have poor public transit and on average longer commutes. That makes it hurt the average person a lot more

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[–] brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 months ago (1 child)

Don't forget the absurdly big and fuel-hungry cars.

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

That's mostly fueled by cheap fuel (heh) .

Toyota really started to take off in the 70s when oil got bit more expensive.

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