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I drive a Lexus sedan… filled up $103 today at $6/gal in the tri valley. That was a shocker.

https://notthebee.com/article/californians-are-crossing-the-border-to-mexico-to-fill-up-on-cheap-gas?source=patrick.net

Sick of paying nearly $6 for a gallon of gas?

Just head on down to Tijuana, where prices are nearly $2 cheaper per gallon.

The trip will pay for itself!

A dozen miles south [of Chula Vista], just across the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, regular gas sells for an average of $3.96 a gallon — nearly $2 less than in California.

Patrick says

Pressler does more for MAGA than the entire RNC.

Patrick says

https://notthebee.com/article/californians-are-crossing-the-border-to-mexico-to-fill-up-on-cheap-gas?source=patrick.net

Sick of paying nearly $6 for a gallon of gas?

Just head on down to Tijuana, where prices are nearly $2 cheaper per gallon.

The trip will pay for itself!

A dozen miles south [of Chula Vista], just across the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, regular gas sells for an average of $3.96 a gallon — nearly $2 less than in California.

If spending 2-4 hours in the border queue on the way back is your idea of fun.

I believe USD demand is going to throw off lots of traders due to the fact it will take a massive # of USDs to unwrap the leverage that exist in
commodity shorts, metals and oil particularly. Due to a lack of non-discretionary dollars for the time being metals and crypto go sideways with more
odds of going down some while leverage that was used to short is slowly being pulled out and becomes dry powder to in time reinvest long provoking big
moves to the upside. Both gold and btc have very strong floors gold 1840+/- and btc 40k+/- which imo have tall odds of price being tested in those areas . The same for
oil dipping in price with the fact trader short leverage came in strong at >125 and then Bidens oil drain of US reserves taking oil to it's floor of $85+/- a barrel.

JPY is a main player in shorting commodities and it's weakness kind of indicates that leverage is slowly being closed. In the mean time I am very much looking
for the USD index to reach min. 101+/- and possibly 104+/-. The commodities are approaching the line at the christmas tree for the USD to pop to it's top
then it's epic crash and commodities enter it's epic super cycle. The commodities super cycle will only come if/when USD makes it's final approach to the upside
and imo it has not done so. Although this chart was plotted more with the idea of crypto moves it applies to commodities in general.

So with the shorts and supply chain issues USD is more fundamentally and technically setup to make a run up not dump as soon as many think. Same for S&P
which likely stays sideways but in time becomes another target of money flow when/while the exodus of USD takes place.

Eric Holder says

Patrick says

https://notthebee.com/article/californians-are-crossing-the-border-to-mexico-to-fill-up-on-cheap-gas?source=patrick.net

Sick of paying nearly $6 for a gallon of gas?

Just head on down to Tijuana, where prices are nearly $2 cheaper per gallon.

The trip will pay for itself!

A dozen miles south [of Chula Vista], just across the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, regular gas sells for an average of $3.96 a gallon — nearly $2 less than in California.

If spending 2-4 hours in the border queue on the way back is your idea of fun.

or just move out of California. I paid $3.52 yesterday, my entire fill-up was less than $40.

Goran_K says

Eric Holder says

Patrick says

https://notthebee.com/article/californians-are-crossing-the-border-to-mexico-to-fill-up-on-cheap-gas?source=patrick.net

Sick of paying nearly $6 for a gallon of gas?

Just head on down to Tijuana, where prices are nearly $2 cheaper per gallon.

The trip will pay for itself!

A dozen miles south [of Chula Vista], just across the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, regular gas sells for an average of $3.96 a gallon — nearly $2 less than in California.

If spending 2-4 hours in the border queue on the way back is your idea of fun.

or just move out of California. I pa...

Or just stop sweating the small stuff.

It's bad, but not too bad in IL. Had just under 1/4 tank and it was $92 to fill up yesterday. I drive basically the largest non-utility vehicle, truck or van you can drive. I don't blink as we make that in less than an hour, but yeah, my fill ups are at least 30-40% higher. It's nuts.

This is a massive tax on the poor and middle class. It's sad because I know people that are getting burned by this. We need to stop worrying about being "green" and let the market work itself out. I know there's been issues with oil, but does it matter? The huge BP leak in the Gulf of Mexico. That was near one of my favorite places on the planet. There is no difference 10 years later or whatever it has been. A fuck ton of oil was spewing out and the beaches look the same as they always have.

There's micro and macro. On a micro level, sure, some birds and other fish and wildlife got fucked up. But they'll recover. Macro, it's like dropping a penny in a 100k gallon swimming pool. No one will notice it.

We need to be energy independent. That's pretty much reason 1 or 2 that most conflicts arise from. Resources and or profits to get said resources to other people willing to pay for it.

RWSGFY says

Or just stop sweating the small stuff.

Easy for us to say.

A lot harder for someone living in SoCal, making $15 an hour and has a 1 hour commute to work everyday.

Goran_K says

A lot harder for someone living in SoCal, making $15 an hour and has a 1 hour commute to work everyday.

Can you even live in CA for under $25/hr? I did the math and our family would need about $150/hr. We make that much, but had no interest in giving it to the state of CA or a modest house for $1M+ pretty much anywhere.

Welcome back. Been a while or I may have missed your return.

WookieMan says

Goran_K says

A lot harder for someone living in SoCal, making $15 an hour and has a 1 hour commute to work everyday.

Can you even live in CA for under $25/hr? I did the math and our family would need about $150/hr. We make that much, but had no interest in giving it to the state of CA or a modest house for $1M+ pretty much anywhere.

Welcome back. Been a while or I may have missed your return.

Yeah first day back in a while. Decided I’d check up on the old Patrick membership and it seems like things have stayed the same over the past 2 years. 😂

I think $25/hr would be a struggle in CA but I am thinking your average non-college educated Panda Express cook who makes $15-$17 an hour. Can’t afford an electric car.

$7/gallon gas would be devastating to their budget.

Goran_K says

$7/gallon gas would be devastating to their budget.

For sure. It's a tax on the poor and middle class. Biden claims to be helping them. Up is down though now. Morons will believe them even as people are jumping ship in the admin and Hunter's shenanigans are back in the spotlight. Worst POTUS in my short lifetime, that's for sure.

WookieMan says

Biden claims to be helping them. Up is down though now. Morons will believe them even as people are jumping ship in the admin and Hunter's shenanigans are back in the spotlight. Worst POTUS in my short lifetime, that's for sure.

I'm 1/2 a century old. I wouldn't consider my life that short, and without any question Biden is the worst president in my lifetime.

My parents thought Carter was the worst, they are in the 80's and I know without any doubt they consider Biden the worst in their lifetime. My grandmother thought Carter was the worst in HER lifetime, despite being a democrat, remembering FDR fondly..

If we had an honest election system, and we don't, I think Biden would be the death knell of the Democratic party. He might be anyhow. If my grandmother was still alive, she won't still be a democrat today with all it's craziness. I was sympathetic to the party until it was shown Obama was a clear Neocon and the entire establishment of the party was on board with that. They lost a lot of people when they sunk Sanders - not that I think Sanders would have been a good president, but he SEEMED like Carter - a nice person that was over his head.

I think Carter got handed a bad situation. Volker is the one that got inflation under control, but it wasn't Carter's fault we had runaway inflation, it was really Nixon that did that by abandoning the gold standard, and that was really the Fed that forced that.

richwicks says

it was really Nixon that did that by abandoning the gold standard, and that was really the Fed that forced that.

That didn't help, but it got its start before that. Through the 50's and mid-60's, it hovered between 1% and 2% along with a booming economy with a few short recessions. In 1966, the first year spending programs of The Great Society went into effect, it was 3.5%, by 1969 it was 6.2% and it was off and running. It scared Nixon, who imposed wage and price controls in two phases between '71 and '72 to get re-elected and they abated a bit but were ineffective in the long run. Safely in office by '73, the controls were removed and with the Arab Oil Embargo, prices exploded to double digits every month in 1974 for a 13.4% yearly average and would set the tone for the rest of the 70's.

guys its fucked up.

so went to $6 a gallon, fag biden gets off his balls for a minute and opens reserves… $5.85 a gallon.

shit was 3.50 before, wtf!!!! and seems like wveryone just went along with it. i don’t see anyone complaining about gas prices anymore.

Fortwaynemobile says

guys its fucked up.

so went to $6 a gallon, fag biden gets off his balls for a minute and opens reserves… $5.85 a gallon.

shit was 3.50 before, wtf!!!! and seems like wveryone just went along with it. i don’t see anyone complaining about gas prices anymore.

Damn you Cali peeps are getting straight up democrat anal raped.

I just filled up my wife's Hybrid at $3.52/gallon and I thought that was HIGH (I'm used to paying in the $2.60-$2.70 for 87).

Gas prices are bad, but I think it's being a bit dramatized. Where I'm at gas prices have hit this level before. Lived through it just fine. Whether you love or hate Biden, at some point he'll be forced to fix the situation. Fact is leftist use as much or more energy thinking they're doing the "right" thing.

It's no different than people up in arms saying Trump was a crazy person and would destroy the world. I'd say he did a good job overall. But if Biden wants to not destroy the Democratic party, he NEEDS to get fuel prices down. Dems generally are poorer and this is essentially a gas tax on the poor who vote for him. It's all a game anyway, but Democrats are going to lose the House and probably the Senate if Biden doesn't get shit calmed down. Get gas down and stop with any Covid bull shit. Move forward. Don't worry about the "green" people. We're more efficient as a society than ever. Think about 60 watt light bulbs. I'd think most people have 8-10 watt LED bulbs now. That's a fucking massive reduction. Go pump some fucking oil Joe. We're the greenest we've ever been.

WookieMan says

Whether you love or hate Biden, at some point he'll be forced to fix the situation.

Really? Why? Democrats would love to have $8/gallon (or more) gasoline in the US.

WookieMan says

But if Biden wants to not destroy the Democratic party,

Democrats might have to cheat harder to stay in power.

One nice thing about $6.00 gas in LA is that the traffic is much better! My commutes are fairly tolerable lately! And I drive a hybrid so I’m not feeling the pinch much. Seriously less cars on the road. The oldsters are forced to keep their Oldsmobiles garaged and not take random pleasure drives to slow down traffic. Otherwise they’ll have to eat cat food.

zzyzzx says

WookieMan says

Whether you love or hate Biden, at some point he'll be forced to fix the situation.

Really? Why? Democrats would love to have $8/gallon (or more) gasoline in the US.

Yeah I was going to say, Biden isn't trying to fix anything. Him and his party are trying really hard to force social change and a "great reset", this is just step 1 out of 99. Fixing gas prices is not in their plan.

WookieMan says

if Biden wants to not destroy the Democratic party, he NEEDS to get fuel prices down.

I hear your governor/legislature has pushed a law requiring gas station owners to put a message on receipts stating that this year's 2 cent addition to the gas tax has been delayed. Also making grocers put on their receipts verbiage about a delay in tax on groceries. Free propoganda.

DooDahMan says

Flogas Energy boss Paul Kenny said: "All Irish energy suppliers are faced with the same rising wholesale cost increases. While we have worked hard to minimise and delay price changes during the winter months, we now regrettably need to reflect the increased costs in our prices."

Doneil O'Trump:

"Beautiful Clean Peat. That's what our isle needs, beautiful clean peat for heating fuel."

Fucking $6.50 for 91, or $6.10 for 87.

What choice do I have other than bitching about it? Went to white house and sent them contact form and called them faggots for letting gas prices spike so high. I know won't do much, but that's the only feedback I can give them.

It's not affecting how much I drive, I drive when I need to, not for funsies. Shit is costing me a lot more though.

WookieMan says

Whether you love or hate Biden, at some point he'll be forced to fix the situation.

Do you believe Joe Biden really got elected? That he got the most votes as a percentage of eligible voters ever? That he's literally the most popular presidential candidate in all of US history?

If he did get elected, yes, he'll have to fix it. If he didn't get elected, he doesn't have to fix anything, and in fact, nothing will be fixed. I don't believe he was elected.

Can't you see what a joke our government is yet? We just got installed onto the supreme court a woman whose main qualifications is she's female and black. She's also very soft on child rapists and pornographers, and she is the one that prosecuted the case of that guy that went into Comet Ping Pong pizza who fired a single shot, that conveniently destroyed the hard disk of a computer on site.

It's a joke. Biden could literally nominate a horse to the supreme court and it would be confirmed. The entire system is a joke.

No issues in getting gas in this part of the Northeast. Gas Buddy reports it at $4.259 in my area. Haven't bought gas in a while though.

What's odd is that Mexico gasoline prices at the same price they were back in October.

It's about 20 pesos/liter. 20 pesos=$1 USD 1 US gallon=3.785 liters=$3.79 per gallon.

The government Mexico has controls over prices of some things which are considered essential, including some foodstuffs, electricity, etc.

It's a little weird because while Mexico produces crude oil, it must import some gasoline from the USA.

For my friends in Mexico, $3.79 is still very much money to spend on this necessity.

7 a gallon here

DooDahMan says

Highest Ever U.S. Gasoline Prices Aren’t Destroying Demand

Well yeah, that's no surprise. Hemophiliacs still need blood transfusions even if it doubles or triples in price.

HunterTits says

FortwayeAsFuckJoeBiden says

7 a gallon here

Where is 'here'?

los angeles county, various gas stations. most are close to $7, some are over $7. I live in the San Fernando Valley, this isn't a ritzy area. I imagine beverly hills just bends people over at gas stations, fucks them in the ass, and tells them to learn to like it.

Unbelievable prices in TX - every gas station is now over $4 first time in my memory.