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fill up on gas every chance you get because gas prices will only go up. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by solidheron@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@sh.itjust.works

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backstory is that i try to fill up my tank more when gas prices are at a low and less as prices go up to make my long term average cost per gallon lower.

now given current events, and empirical reality, gas has only been going up and will continue to go up. we could assume different curves(only constraint being that price per gallon goes up as time goes forward), but if you buy your gas now you will spend less money then you have if you bought it tomorrow, day after, or week down the road. my estimate is that it will be month minimum before it gets cheaper.

now that I have put this out there into the world you should fill up asap, I already filled up before making this post and other people will come up with this idea independently of me.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't follow this logic. How long does your tank last. You will always need to fill the tank in the future. Going electric is the only thing people can do to mitigate the gas prices.

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works -4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

you can fill a tank of gas from 7/8th full. I've made my tank of gas last months in the past. recently half tank last me like 3 weeks.

yes getting an electric car will help you dodge gas prices, but not necessarily oil prices, because your connected to the electric grid and most power comes from natural gas which comes from oil wells and oil processing.

now that I answered those question, the logic is dead simple every gallon of gas you buy today will be cheaper than the gas you buy tomorrow, if you want to save as much money as possible you buy as much gas as you can put in your car as soon as possible.

the logic would conclude that you buy as much gas as you would use for 3 month or however long you think oil crisis will go on

[–] stom@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

most power comes from natural gas

Try again: https://grid.iamkate.com/

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm talking about USA

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

We don't all live in backwards shitholes.

[–] stom@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 days ago

You didn't specify.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I just think the timeline is to long to go and honestly I can go weeks but I use my care incredibly sparingly so im not sure your usage that can last that long but most folks I know who commute to work in one have to do it every week. Now im also in an area with a lot of nuclear and wind power and we are ramping on solar.

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works -1 points 4 days ago

yeah its crazy if someone goes through a tank a week they should get every jerry can and fill it up and maybe even buy more to avoid paying when gas hits 5 dollars a gallon on the east coast for the longest they possible can, but i doubt people in apartments want to have gas lying around either in the car or trunk of their car.

but electric is definitely a different paradigm. id probably suggest getting solar before shipping barges start running out of fuel. if you get solar then your not gonna be pulling from the grid as much