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I can\u2019t remember if it was 2008 or 2009 or some other year around then, but I do remember when Georgia was in the midst of one of their national embarrassments, when we had a major fuel crisis.\u00a0 Memories of going to gas stations that had all their pumps taped up because they had no gas whatsoever.\u00a0 People relying on Twitter and social media to get leads on which stations had any gas at all, and the stations that had any, would usually have people lined up like it was the 1980 fuel crisis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I remember one specific evening where I caught wind of one station that had gas, so I made a trek out at like 10 pm to wait in a line, and when it was my turn, learn that there was a $40 limit per vehicle, and my 13.3 gallon tank would be short about three gallons from full, but it was better than not having enough gas and being unable to go to work.<\/span><\/p>\n Do the math, and it was roughly $4 a gallon, in the midst of an actual crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n The photo above was a picture I took while I was in Midtown, so this really is the tip of the gas prices as far as Metro Atlanta is concerned.\u00a0 But still, $4.69 a gallon, is pretty absurd to see, especially in Georgia, which is considered one of the \u201ccheap\u201d gas states in the country.\u00a0 Acquaintances out in California have already shared photos of $5-6+ out in SoCal, not to mention their octane rules make their gas shittier than most other places.<\/span><\/p>\n Obviously, it comes off as insensitive to say that what\u2019s going on in the Ukraine isn\u2019t a crisis, it most certainly is, especially to the Ukrainian people and those in the country, but it\u2019s not the same circumstances as a busted pipeline, guzzling crude into the ocean.\u00a0 It\u2019s more like much of the world is simply sick of Russia\u2019s bullshit right now, and in the midst of violence occurring somewhere on the planet, gas prices spontaneously combust.\u00a0 I know it\u2019s a little more complicated than such a statement, but honestly, that\u2019s really what it feels like.<\/span><\/p>\n The other day, it cost me $45 to fill up my wife\u2019s car.\u00a0 Just like that, I\u2019m fairly certain that that\u2019s the most I\u2019ve ever spent on a tank of gas for a personal vehicle, and it\u2019s just really depressing to think about the financial bleeding that this has on the vast majority of the people on the planet with gas-powered vehicles, and the general reliance we all have for having them.\u00a0 I\u2019m very fortunate to be in a position where I can afford to fill up my tanks, but I feel for all sorts of other walks of life where the current gas prices really do make people have to stop and think and compare apples to oranges to whether they can fill their cars or fill the stomachs of their families.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Regardless of the circumstances, mythical wife and I have given a lot of thought of getting an EV as our next vehicle.\u00a0 Conflicts being simply the availability of adequate EVs that fit our spatial needs due to the size of our famiry, and the fact that cars in general, much less EVs, are also at their highest point ever as far as prices go, so it\u2019s not necessarily the best time to be purchasing.<\/span><\/p>\n I guess it can really be summed up that thanks to Russia\u2019s bullshit, as well as all the supply chain bullshit that occurred over the last few years thanks to coronavirus, this is a good example of some really horrific global inflation going on, primarily due to the fact that the world is a shitty place full of greedy people who can never seem to have enough money to where they\u2019re completely content on ruining lives of countless people in order to make more money than they\u2019ll ever actually use in their lifetimes.<\/span><\/p>\n Back to the gas prices, it really sucks that all this shit is happening, because I\u2019ve just begun commuting again, several days a week.\u00a0 Now I\u2019m sure the advent of remote work over the last two years is going to be revisited by many if this gas price bullshit doesn\u2019t calm itself down eventually, but honestly, I like going into the office, because I\u2019m more productive there, plus it\u2019s where I can actually go to the gym and exercise again.\u00a0 Frankly, I didn\u2019t realize Russia was such a player in the global fuel supply because I always figured that that distinction really was more belonging to the Middle East, but here we are.<\/span><\/p>\n The scary thing is that I have yet to need to fill up, while the prices continue to escalate.\u00a0 I was \u201cfortunate\u201d to have filled up just a few days ago where prices were climbing, but weren\u2019t yet quite fuck you insane yet.\u00a0 But quite literally, from the time that I had filled up, to when I was on my way back home and passed the same gas station, prices shot up another 30\u00a2\/gal in the span of two hours.\u00a0 My last two fill-ups were \u201clucky\u201d to have seen gallon prices with a leading $3, but it doesn\u2019t seem likely that I\u2019ll be able to avoid a leading $4 the next time I need to fill up.<\/span><\/p>\n A $50 fill-up for a 13 gallon tank is not something I am looking forward to, but it seems pretty inevitable.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I can\u2019t remember if it was 2008 or 2009 or some other year around then, but I do remember when Georgia was in the midst of one of their national embarrassments, when we had a major fuel crisis.\u00a0 Memories of going to gas stations that had all their pumps taped up because they had no … Continue reading Time to opine about the gas 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