Well the gas would be cheaper if they could somehow make it contain advertising and data theft
this post was submitted on 29 May 2026
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Oh wait till you find out about how modern cars are mining your data, including facial recognition and reporting of you are having sex in the car! And the best part itβs all unregulated! Govt can simply buy the info for tracking even your Phone would be jealous of!
Never been happier to have a base model car from 2012
Somebody forgot all previous instructions and dropped those straight facts.
Where in America do you have gas pumps that donβt have ad TVs or ask you for your zip code?
Very few of the ones around me have the built in ad players. Several stations blare ads (inevitably largely for themselves, curiously enough) over the PA system constantly, though.
The ZIP code thing is for credit card verification. I ask for that too, when you pay me by credit card. I don't have a choice unless I'd like to enjoy zero fraud and chargeback protection.
You don't get ads on your gas pump?
They don't exist in my country, and to be frank, I'm shocked they aren't vandalised to hell and back by masked vigilantes at night.
The pumps do
Why is your fuel so cheap??
There was a Planet Money episode that broke down where the $4/gallon went in 2022:
$2.40 for the price of crude oil when priced at $100/barrel.
$0.65 to the refiner that turns crude oil into gasoline (this was the prevailing spread in 2022, maybe different now).
$0.184 in federal taxes
$0.30 in state taxes
$0.20 to $0.50 for transportation from the refiner to the actual retail station.
Remainder is for the retailer (usually about $0.30 but fluctuates wildly).
That's how it is in the U.S. In other countries, it might be higher taxes, higher cost of refining, higher costs of transportation from the refiner, and higher margins for the retailer.
Because the US is the largest exporter of petroleum products in the world.
Norway exports far more than they use, and petrol prices there are among the highest in the world.
That is a policy decision. In places like Saudi Arabia, gas is cheaper than water.
Norway, correctly, invested more into public transit and EVs, and high gas prices encourage that.
US fuel is heavily subsidized compared to the rest of the world.
And assholes, but I saw a pack of hotdogs for 10 bucks today here in Oklahoma
I was thinking that. Hot fuck is that cheap.
I can't tell if you're from outside the US, or from California.
Ha. But am outside, and an online calculator says the price here converts to $9.08 a gallon for diesel. And that's cheaper than it's been recently.
I guess there has to be something positive about the country.
Low taxes, high production, and government corn subsidies.
Probably before VAT.
Nope. Gas pumps are one of the only places in the US where the price as displayed includes taxes.
Because otherwise it would just be confusing? So letβs have two systems instead.
I mean if the US could get away with a more confusing system it would
And I think you shouldn't be driving a giant gas guzzling SUV or truck.
I filled up a family members Rav4 the other day. It was $96.
Not exactly the best car, but hardly a gas guzzler. Or maybe it is, idk. I normally drive electric.
Even my motorcycle is $25 to fill
Yeah I mean at these prices even a lawn mower might cost $10 to fill
My CRV takes 10 gallon when it's on empty. and gets 32 mpg. Just saying.
we've been going backwards on fuel efficiency. the little compact i had back in the early 90s got over 40mpg.
Greenpeace modified a compact car with off-the-shelf parts in 1996 so it could get 68mpg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SmILE
I think the gas was in the 6.50 range? Idk.
The display say 17.624 gallons. That is a full size SUV or truck.
Not necessarily. My 4-door sedan holds 18 gallons. It's 12 years old now. Maybe they're making them smaller now.
Just saying its less than what I paid for what I would consider to be a "standard"-ish vehicle?
I don't think a rav4 stands out as an interesting vehicle.
Could be a labourer. I didn't see much point in trucks and such before but now it makes sense for some to have them.
Companies that sell TV sets actually lose money on the sale. They make their profits by selling your data to advertising companies.
Vizio TVs won't fully function until you sign in with a Walmart account. They sell your data and shove ads in your face.
So do gas stations.
You got a "points card"? Guess what? A lot of pumps play ads directly at the pump too.
That TV was manufactured unethically.
Meanwhile, the gasoline produced to support the native peoples of Qatar, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.
I agree when it comes to an onn TV. It should be the same price as a name brand TV.
32β is tiny and even at $3 a gallon, that fill would be over $50.
Iβm not really seeing the argument here tbh. Itβs apples and oranges.