Comment on Gotta Philip soon?

tino@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• regedit@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You pay more at the pump, but we likely pay as much, just through constant oil subsidies. Without those, we’d be paying more per gallon at the pump. This way, even those who don’t drive still pay for oil! Capitalism!

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  • papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This way, even those who don’t drive still pay for oil! Capitalism!

    Yet when we suggest doing the same for healthcare it’s “socialism” and a bad thing

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• smeg@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  In Europe, the price is mostly paid by the consumer. In America, the government subsidizes the industry to the tune of billions per year, both at the federal and state levels. It makes gullible people think American fuel prices are lower, when in fact it socializes the cost of fuel onto all of society.

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  • Whelks_chance@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The trucks that bring your food to within walking distance use a fair bit of if fuel.

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    • scibra122@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      A lot less on a per capita served basis than it would take to drive all those people that are served by the truck to the place where the food comes from and back again

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    • smeg@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Most delivery trucks around here are electric. Most power generation is renewable, importing some nuclear. Some fossil fuels still in the mix, but if the government was smart they would phase it out.

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• Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  2€ per litre for diesel here in France.

  I fill up like 4 times a year though so personally I’m surviving, and it seems Van der Leyen & Co are pushing hard for EU energy independence helped by this, so that’s quite cool IMO.

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  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    4x a year? When work is busy, I might fill up four times in a week.

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