<![CDATA[A picture I took last night.]]>A picture I took last night.

Two things can be true.
1. Gas prices are skyrocketing because of Trump's illegal war and that's bad for consumers and the economy.
2. Gas prices should be higher because their cost doesn't include the massive environmental and damages fossil fuels cause.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/95d34f93-53c5-4daf-9eb9-5e33fa91b2aa/a-picture-i-took-last-night.RSS for NodeTue, 29 Sep 2026 02:36:36 GMTWed, 23 Sep 2026 17:38:13 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A picture I took last night. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:13:24 GMT]]>@petergleick Agreed. That’s what we have over here in Europe. Current average E10 price here in Denmark converts to $10.25/US gallon and $10.67 for diesel.

We also have annual taxes on cars based on emissions. Parking is also expensive and inconvenient as relatively little space is allocated to it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ublog.mroach.com/users/mroach/statuses/01M37TZQHE8QDFCH71R4JX85K2https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ublog.mroach.com/users/mroach/statuses/01M37TZQHE8QDFCH71R4JX85K2Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:13:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A picture I took last night. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:54:26 GMT]]>@petergleick I’m, no expert just an ordinary woman perusing through and I’m struck by the whopping price of diesel. How will truck drivers absorb such cost? Let me guess….higher prices coming our way very shortly?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/annietime/statuses/117321869998424367https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/annietime/statuses/117321869998424367Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:54:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A picture I took last night. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:51:41 GMT]]>@petergleick I agree. But oil companies should not keep the profits, instead they need to be spent on climate change mitigation and renewable energy progress.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/okurth/statuses/117321859197460727https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/okurth/statuses/117321859197460727Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:51:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A picture I took last night. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:47:23 GMT]]>@petergleick This has been my position for a while. For gas prices to start to change people's behavior they need to be in the $8-10/gal range. I'm not sure that that's the right price to account for the social cost, but that's when people will start changing their behavior.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.bigcavemaps.com/users/notecharlie/statuses/117321842283317936https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.bigcavemaps.com/users/notecharlie/statuses/117321842283317936Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:47:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A picture I took last night. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:55:42 GMT]]>@petergleick If it included all the environmental and social costs only billionaires could afford it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/Dawilson999/statuses/117321639015271197https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/Dawilson999/statuses/117321639015271197Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:55:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A picture I took last night. on Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:42:14 GMT]]>@petergleick That's right. The high prices are benefitting a corrupt few: fossil fuel oligarchs, the head of the current regime and his cronies. If they were high due to taxation, they could benefit wide groups of people if the taxes were for the benefit of counteracting climate change.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Bongolian/statuses/117321586102316377https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Bongolian/statuses/117321586102316377Wed, 23 Sep 2026 17:42:14 GMT