The spike in gas prices since Biden started cancelling pipelines and coordinating with OPEC has translated into about a 2K/year commuting cost increase for me so far, using today's prices. I have no doubt oil is going much higher. We can debate Trump's accomplishments all day, but cheap oil was one of his priorities and it's something his policies delivered for four years. Now we have an administration with exactly the opposite view. They might not come right out and say it, but they want to punish oil burners and force the middle class into the electric shitmobiles. The public at large will bitch about paying $4 or $5 a gallon at the pumps next summer, but they're literally too stupid to understand how they voted for it. We're going to see regulated price increases for at least 4 years, and probably much longer than that. Cheap oil is dead, plan accordingly.
We are very fortunate that my wife has been working from home for some time now, and if all goes well will be doing so permanently (that is their plan for now.) She does better work from home with less distraction, so all looks good so far. (Also, there is now record of the "diversity hires" shirking their work onto her, which makes her performance look even better.)
I am (mostly) retired but all of my work involves travel, so I'm going to retire completely soon (especially with the gas-prices we're looking at for the next 8+ years, the cost/benefit/bullshit ratio is unworkable. The price of gas/consumables/replacement of equipment destroyed by stupidity/narcissism has already made things unprofitable.)
The spike in gas prices since Biden started cancelling pipelines and coordinating with OPEC has translated into about a 2K/year commuting cost increase for me so far, using today's prices. I have no doubt oil is going much higher. We can debate Trump's accomplishments all day, but cheap oil was one of his priorities and it's something his policies delivered for four years. Now we have an administration with exactly the opposite view. They might not come right out and say it, but they want to punish oil burners and force the middle class into the electric shitmobiles. The public at large will bitch about paying $4 or $5 a gallon at the pumps next summer, but they're literally too stupid to understand how they voted for it. We're going to see regulated price increases for at least 4 years, and probably much longer than that. Cheap oil is dead, plan accordingly.
Saw gas for $4.09 yesterday in the Bay Area. No doubt it’s even higher today
We are very fortunate that my wife has been working from home for some time now, and if all goes well will be doing so permanently (that is their plan for now.) She does better work from home with less distraction, so all looks good so far. (Also, there is now record of the "diversity hires" shirking their work onto her, which makes her performance look even better.)
I am (mostly) retired but all of my work involves travel, so I'm going to retire completely soon (especially with the gas-prices we're looking at for the next 8+ years, the cost/benefit/bullshit ratio is unworkable. The price of gas/consumables/replacement of equipment destroyed by stupidity/narcissism has already made things unprofitable.)