Sad thing is he absolutely did do that. Unlike Biden who was blamed for the chaos that came from the pandemic.
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Hey me too! SoCal for those curious about the price.
I bought a 100 of these putting up at every gas station I go to.
I wish my gas was only a dollar more per gallon
Right, under $5/gallon? Braggart.
That's looks like ~1.30-1.50 more a gallon to me.
It's Joe Barack Hussein Biden's fault.
Well gas prices were definitely lower on February 26th before that asshole started a war with Iran.
Huh, how does the octane rating work in the US?
Common octane ratings in NZ are 91, 95, & 98.
I'm guessing that there are different ways to calculate the rating, rather than the actual fuel being that different.
In Canada, The United States, and Mexico, the advertised octane rating is the average of the RON and the MON, called the Anti-Knock Index (AKI). It is often written on pumps as (R+M)/2. AKI is also sometimes called PON (Pump Octane Number).
Because of the 8 to 12 octane number difference between RON and MON noted above, the AKI shown in Canada and the United States is 4 to 6 octane numbers lower than elsewhere in the world for the same fuel.
There's a table in the wiki article that shows the equivalence of different systems
There's two primary ways to measure octane. RON and MON. Most countries pick one- specifically RON. The US and Canada average the two, for some reason.
Yes. USA, Canada and Mexico use a different rating. You need to add about 5 to get the same number on the more common RON scale.
The Ethanol, Ethanol, Ethanol Hoax!
I saw one the other day as well
rarely the president has as much responsibility for the gas prices
It's almost like El Taco heard about people trying to explain that the president wasn't actually capable of affecting gas prices and went "hold my ~~beer~~ McD's".
I wish it was that cheap. It's all over $4/gallon for the cheap stuff. Even the Costco is $4.19 for 85.
We all knew the type of degenerate losers who put up the Biden "I did that stickers" were just partisan hacks who would (and largely do not) feel the same way now that Trump actually has directly impacted fuel prices. That was always part of the reason people rolled their eyes every time we saw one.
"If they rise, they rise"
What's going on with that "unleaded 88" that's cheaper than regular 87 octane? I've never heard of it before.
I think it's 15% Ethanol. That particular tank was empty.
The funniest part is that "Premium" is still 4 RON lower than european regular.
See comment by Random Stickman, different standard systems give different octane numbers for the same fuel. Edit: according to the Wikipedia chart, the RON of that "Regular Unleaded" would be 91-92. That 87 on the pump is the RON minus the MON, divided by 2 to give the AKI.
The RON of US Premium is 96-98, is that closer to your European number?
Here's the explanatory link they posted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating
As for prices, I live in California where Regular is currently $6.50 near me. Some of the difference from OP's prices is state and local taxes that go towards things that benefit me, some is because our gas has to be formulated to reduce smog. Which also benefits me.