$7/gallon gas is coming

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Big winner: WMATA.

WMATA would be a big winner if it got its act together. A sizeable portion of its fleet is still out for repairs and rush hour is a debacle.

Wrong. Rush hour is fine. Want to experience a debacle during rush hour? Try driving down 66 every day instead.

All of the new Metro trains were recalled and are being fixed because of safety issues. How does that engender confidence in public transit when you have to recall your entire new fleet because they’re unsafe.

Some people also don’t want to deal with the growing safety issues on Metro either. Riding the DC Metro is a far cry from riding public transit on Stockholm or Hong Kong. Don’t act like Americans are spoiled because they don’t want to ride an underfunded, unsafe, crime ridden system that their counterparts in these places would scoff at.

Yes, a place like Copenhagen has higher gas prices. But it’s cycling network, urban design, and transit system blow this city’s out of the water. So why are Americans spoiled when they don’t have the same alternatives?

This is really nonsensical. The risk of safety issues in traffic is much, much higher than on metro. There's no comparison. There is no perfect safety, but Metro is way safer than regular car commuting.

It isn’t nonsensical. It’s human nature to care more about immediate physical threats from other people than a potential car crash. And again, the point is that people on here are calling Americans spoiled for not opting to take a transit system that is garbage compared to most countries in Europe and Asia with higher gas prices. They have cops with automatic rifles in Gallery Place and homeless people ODing on fentanyl outside of Union Station. Yes, has prices are higher in Hong Kong but the safety, efficiency, and upkeep of their infrastructure makes our system look like a developing nation.

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Big winner: WMATA.

WMATA would be a big winner if it got its act together. A sizeable portion of its fleet is still out for repairs and rush hour is a debacle.

Wrong. Rush hour is fine. Want to experience a debacle during rush hour? Try driving down 66 every day instead.

All of the new Metro trains were recalled and are being fixed because of safety issues. How does that engender confidence in public transit when you have to recall your entire new fleet because they’re unsafe.

Some people also don’t want to deal with the growing safety issues on Metro either. Riding the DC Metro is a far cry from riding public transit on Stockholm or Hong Kong. Don’t act like Americans are spoiled because they don’t want to ride an underfunded, unsafe, crime ridden system that their counterparts in these places would scoff at.

Yes, a place like Copenhagen has higher gas prices. But it’s cycling network, urban design, and transit system blow this city’s out of the water. So why are Americans spoiled when they don’t have the same alternatives?

HAHAHA, a safety recall? Like car manufacturers do all the time, like Tesla literally recalling a half million vehicles just last month? Oh, but Metro does it and you've lost confidence. Talk about spoiled!

Also, your description of Copenhagen sounds like you're arguing for more investment and priority for non-car transit options. I agree!

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Anonymous wrote:I look at the Ukrainians people fighting and showing incredible grit, and then I see Americans whining about the price of gas, which is lower than it's ever been in virtually all other developed countries. Couple that with the whining about masks and a very safe vaccines, and Americans are looking very, very soft. It really is embarrassing

A lot of these countries have far more robust mass transit systems than the US and their cities were designed around mass transit. This country is much more car dependent.

I’d agree with your sentiment if it didn’t primarily hurt working and middle class people who can’t afford a home 1/2 mile from a Metro, which are priced at a premium. A lot of the essential workers people appropriately laud do not have access to public transit that provides them with a reasonable commute to their job that doesn’t take 1+ hours.

Spend trillions in infrastructure and build a transportation network like they have in Japan, some European countries, and China and then come back and talk about how the average American living paycheck to paycheck is soft for caring about gas prices. Until then you sound arrogant, entitled, and out of touch.

The point literally went over your head.

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Anonymous wrote:Breaking news: Biden is about to announce a US ban on Russian oil.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/biden-russia-oil-ban-ukraine-watch-live-stream-today-2022-03-08/

This will further raise oil prices and the Right will criticize Biden even more, despite clamoring for a Russian oil ban.

I voted for Biden but he is digging his own grave.

In what way?

He needs to make a better case for why another far off war in a distant place should necessitate American incurring the sacrifices he is asking them to make in the near term and combine it with a cogent explanation of why such a sacrifice is necessary given that we had a bunch of oil and energy independence under Obama and Trump, along with lower gas prices. His challenge is that the risks of climate change and "fall of democracy" seem remote and attenuated(despite apocalyptic language), while the pain of inflation and gas prices are very imminent, very tangible, and very real.

This.
Don't forget that he won the last election by a few points. It was not a landslide. People's memories are very short and they will tire of high gas prices very quickly and forget about the people of the Ukraine.

This is the opening salvo. I think they're gonna have to do better than this. Ukraine will be old news soon.

We're banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy," Biden said in remarks from the White House. "That means Russian oil will no longer be acceptable at U.S. ports and the American people will deal another powerful blow to Putin's war machine."

The president warned that the move would probably increase gas prices in the U.S., but that it was necessary to ramp up sanctions pressure on Russia's economy for its war on Ukraine.

“Putin's war is already hurting American families at the gas pump," Biden said. "I’m going to do everything I can to minimize Putin's price hike here at home.”

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:
Big winner: WMATA.

WMATA would be a big winner if it got its act together. A sizeable portion of its fleet is still out for repairs and rush hour is a debacle.

Wrong. Rush hour is fine. Want to experience a debacle during rush hour? Try driving down 66 every day instead.

All of the new Metro trains were recalled and are being fixed because of safety issues. How does that engender confidence in public transit when you have to recall your entire new fleet because they’re unsafe.

Some people also don’t want to deal with the growing safety issues on Metro either. Riding the DC Metro is a far cry from riding public transit on Stockholm or Hong Kong. Don’t act like Americans are spoiled because they don’t want to ride an underfunded, unsafe, crime ridden system that their counterparts in these places would scoff at.

Yes, a place like Copenhagen has higher gas prices. But it’s cycling network, urban design, and transit system blow this city’s out of the water. So why are Americans spoiled when they don’t have the same alternatives?

HAHAHA, a safety recall? Like car manufacturers do all the time, like Tesla literally recalling a half million vehicles just last month? Oh, but Metro does it and you've lost confidence. Talk about spoiled!

Also, your description of Copenhagen sounds like you're arguing for more investment and priority for non-car transit options. I agree!

You sound like a ideologue who just hates cars. There’s a reason the former COO of Metro resigned. Buying an entirely new fleet of trains only to recall them all for months because they’re unsafe is not a trivial matter. It is an embarrassing stain on a system that already was embarrassing for the capital of a developed nation.

And yes, I’m all for spending a lot more for transit, changing zoning laws to incentivize higher density next to transit, etc. Hopefully we can do it for a lower cost than is being incurred for the metro in NYC and our costs are more in line with what they pay per mile of public transit in France.

What I’m definitely not for is a bunch of privileged UMC and rich folks lecturing already financially stressed working class and middle class people about the nobility of suffering under higher gas prices while all of this infrastructure is yet to be built.

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Republicans just make endless excuses for everything. If they had been working hard on energy efficiency rather than fighting against it then we would be well positioned to tackle the oil shortage caused by Putin. They have made sure to make us 100% dependent on fossil fuel and then they complain about that sake dependency.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Big winner: WMATA.

WMATA would be a big winner if it got its act together. A sizeable portion of its fleet is still out for repairs and rush hour is a debacle.

Wrong. Rush hour is fine. Want to experience a debacle during rush hour? Try driving down 66 every day instead.

All of the new Metro trains were recalled and are being fixed because of safety issues. How does that engender confidence in public transit when you have to recall your entire new fleet because they’re unsafe.

Some people also don’t want to deal with the growing safety issues on Metro either. Riding the DC Metro is a far cry from riding public transit on Stockholm or Hong Kong. Don’t act like Americans are spoiled because they don’t want to ride an underfunded, unsafe, crime ridden system that their counterparts in these places would scoff at.

Yes, a place like Copenhagen has higher gas prices. But it’s cycling network, urban design, and transit system blow this city’s out of the water. So why are Americans spoiled when they don’t have the same alternatives?

HAHAHA, a safety recall? Like car manufacturers do all the time, like Tesla literally recalling a half million vehicles just last month? Oh, but Metro does it and you've lost confidence. Talk about spoiled!

Also, your description of Copenhagen sounds like you're arguing for more investment and priority for non-car transit options. I agree!

You sound like a ideologue who just hates cars. There’s a reason the former COO of Metro resigned. Buying an entirely new fleet of trains only to recall them all for months because they’re unsafe is not a trivial matter. It is an embarrassing stain on a system that already was embarrassing for the capital of a developed nation.

And yes, I’m all for spending a lot more for transit, changing zoning laws to incentivize higher density next to transit, etc. Hopefully we can do it for a lower cost than is being incurred for the metro in NYC and our costs are more in line with what they pay per mile of public transit in France.

What I’m definitely not for is a bunch of privileged UMC and rich folks lecturing already financially stressed working class and middle class people about the nobility of suffering under higher gas prices while all of this infrastructure is yet to be built.

We have been fighting to build this infrastructure for decades. Republican opposition is the reason why poor people have fewer options in this country than any other modern country in the world. This is exactly what Republicans want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Real talk: As long as oil and gas are cheap in this country, we will never do what we have to do to transition to clean energy. I'm glad Biden is seizing the chance to make a moral, foreign policy, technological, and environmental decision all at once.

Please show me the long haul trucks that are ELectric. And the planes. And for that matter the trains. Your food relies on fossil fuels.

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Hold on to your hats folks it’s gonna get messy.

This will cause the prices to shoot in even more and things like polyesters and other materials come from oil.

This will have a trickle down affect that will affect most Americans. Food is already shooting JP but everything from gas to clothes to food to household goods will shoot up. We’re already suffering some of the highest inflation on record due to Bidenomics. Oil prices started shouting uo well before Russia.

This is just the start folks. Stock up on water and needed supplies…or don’t and leave more for me

[Anonymous]

Russian oil imports only account for 3% of gas from my readings. 3% should not make a huge jump in prices and Biden did call out oil and gas companies in regards to profiteering and price gouging.

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Anonymous wrote:Hold on to your hats folks it’s gonna get messy.

This will cause the prices to shoot in even more and things like polyesters and other materials come from oil.

This will have a trickle down affect that will affect most Americans. Food is already shooting JP but everything from gas to clothes to food to household goods will shoot up. We’re already suffering some of the highest inflation on record due to Bidenomics. Oil prices started shouting uo well before Russia.

This is just the start folks. Stock up on water and needed supplies…or don’t and leave more for me

Yes, I am expecting all retail and food prices to rise sharply in the coming weeks with companies claiming they have to do it because of the cost of gas rising. Also delivery services like DoorDash and driving services like Uber will likely slap on even more service charges. It is really, really going to suck for those of us in the DMV middle class so I can't even imagine how bad it will be for others with less income.

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Anonymous wrote:Republicans just make endless excuses for everything. If they had been working hard on energy efficiency rather than fighting against it then we would be well positioned to tackle the oil shortage caused by Putin. They have made sure to make us 100% dependent on fossil fuel and then they complain about that sake dependency.

Except Putin is also moving now to ban exports of wheat, palladium, nickel, and other commodities.

Sorry, but all of that green tech you dumb democrats love so much is entirely dependent on extracting metals like nickel and cobalt from highly unstable parts of the world, or from countries like Russia. They also require fossil fuels to extract and purify. You ivory tower liberals have your heads completely in the clouds and know zero about your green economy.

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Anonymous wrote:Hold on to your hats folks it’s gonna get messy.

This will cause the prices to shoot in even more and things like polyesters and other materials come from oil.

This will have a trickle down affect that will affect most Americans. Food is already shooting JP but everything from gas to clothes to food to household goods will shoot up. We’re already suffering some of the highest inflation on record due to Bidenomics. Oil prices started shouting uo well before Russia.

This is just the start folks. Stock up on water and needed supplies…or don’t and leave more for me

Yes, I am expecting all retail and food prices to rise sharply in the coming weeks with companies claiming they have to do it because of the cost of gas rising. Also delivery services like DoorDash and driving services like Uber will likely slap on even more service charges. It is really, really going to suck for those of us in the DMV middle class so I can't even imagine how bad it will be for others with less income.

Well most don't get door dash except for upper income folks and people bad with money. It's just lazy and I say that as someone who works for them sometimes.

But the cost of gas as made it no a workable gig job anymore that people like me used for extra cash. I worked it for a couple of months and made enough for a full vacation just working three-four nights a week and spend none of my primary income and it was better than sitting at home or spending money.

Now...gas is so high it's not worth it.

As for everything else, inflation was through the roof months ago. Empty store shelves and no food. It's only going to get worse. Bidenomics has lowered everyone's standard of living.

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Anonymous wrote:Hold on to your hats folks it’s gonna get messy.

This will cause the prices to shoot in even more and things like polyesters and other materials come from oil.

This will have a trickle down affect that will affect most Americans. Food is already shooting JP but everything from gas to clothes to food to household goods will shoot up. We’re already suffering some of the highest inflation on record due to Bidenomics. Oil prices started shouting uo well before Russia.

This is just the start folks. Stock up on water and needed supplies…or don’t and leave more for me

I agree it's going to get worse. Regardless of "Bidenomics," I think people in most parts of the globe are going to be affected by this war. Gas will continue to go up pretty much everywhere in the world (we will still have lower prices than Europe in comparison). The global wheat supply is threatened because Ukraine is such a large wheat producer and this will most likely hit poorer countries harder, possibly leading to social unrest based on some articles I read. Food prices everywhere will also be affected by a decrease in the manufacture of fertilizer in Eastern Europe. Some of us in the US will feel the pinch more than others, Europeans will face higher prices than Americans since they are more dependent on Russian gas/oil, and poorer countries worldwide will suffer the most. And if Russia shells nuclear plants in Ukraine again--either deliberately or by accident--we may have another environmental disaster on our hands like Chernobyl although, again, that will likely affect Europe and other adjacent areas more than North America.

One thing I know for sure--the Russian war in Ukraine has changed our world forever.

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“Bidenomics” is not going to take off as a talking point, guys. We know what you’re doing.