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Even Trump's own Energy Secretary admits his claim that gas price increases would be "short-term" is a lie. Gas is now over $4 nationally, and $5.85 in California. Americans are paying the price for Trump's disastrous leadership.[image or embed] -- Rep. Judy Chu (@chu.house.gov) Apr 20, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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I filled a rented 2025 F-150 XLR last weekend. 3/4 tank for $88, at a Bucees which tends to be on the lower end of the price spectrum. However, that was 670 miles of range on a full tank.
#1 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-04-21 09:18 AM | Reply
23 mpg average, Houston to San Antonio and back. Might have done a little better in eco mode but probably not much.
#2 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-04-21 09:19 AM | Reply
Picture that gas meter as Donald Trump sucking the ever-living soul out of you.
I think that most people already do.
#3 | Posted by Zed at 2026-04-21 09:25 AM | Reply
20 bucks for my '77 Honda SuperSport. The only way to travel.
#4 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-04-21 09:33 AM | Reply
Remember, as it says in The Book of Books: "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal." So, let it go, tomorrow's another day, fuhgedaboudit, two maybe three weeks it'll blow over. Thank you for your attention to this matter. ~ MAGAJesus.
#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-04-21 10:13 AM | Reply | Funny: 2
$4.06 in WNY. Usually don't let the tank drop below 1/2 so half a tank is $30 or so.
I've cut my speed on the highway and now average 34.6 MPG on my Subie.
#6 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-04-21 10:19 AM | Reply
"Share how much you're paying to fill your tank today."
Free! Mexico paid for it!*
* Check is in the mail.
#7 | Posted by censored at 2026-04-21 10:21 AM | Reply
Heckuva job there, Pedo.
Wonder how much they pay for gas in Israel?
#8 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-21 10:35 AM | Reply
Oh, it's $5.49 @ AM/PM
#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-21 10:36 AM | Reply
$3.90/gal on a sea island off the coast of South Carolina.
#10 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-04-21 10:38 AM | Reply
Regular is up $1 and Diesel is up $1.60 here in rural Texas.
The rural boys are screaming all over the local Facebook groups. But none of them are mentioning Trump of course. Just begging for handouts.
#11 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-04-21 10:44 AM | Reply
*** Oil Companies Making $30 Million Per Hour in Unearned Profit Because of this War on Behalf of Israel ***
"The world's top 100 oil and gas companies banked more than $30 million every hour in unearned profit in the first month of the illegal war the US launched against Iran on behalf of Israel. Saudi Aramco, Gazprom, and ExxonMobil are among the biggest beneficiaries of the bonanza."
Source: Peaceloving Hardworking American Taxpayers Lose Again
#12 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-21 10:57 AM | Reply
$3.99 in St. Louis. Was $2.49 when Trump launched this ill-conceived war of his.
#13 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-04-21 10:58 AM | Reply
"I filled a rented 2025 F-150 XLR last weekend"
I sold my 2018 XLT back in autumn, 2024. I bought a 12x20' pre-cut modular A-frame with the proceeds. Happy I did.
#14 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-04-21 11:07 AM | Reply
The last time I filled-up was April 9th and I paid $5.399 for regular at our local COSTCO. According to their app, if I were to fill-up today, it would cost $5.359.
For the record, I live in Southern California, and at the name brand stations, like Chevron, the gas there is over $6 a gallon.
OCU
#15 | Posted by OCUser at 2026-04-21 11:18 AM | Reply
$3.99 here.
#16 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-04-21 11:24 AM | Reply
I shall mod the Cummins diesel to burn used fryer oil from the chicken tendies.
Ride with me my DR brethren and sistren, free from the shackles binding us to the cruel escapades of our petro overlords!
#17 | Posted by schifferbrains at 2026-04-21 11:42 AM | Reply
87 oct: $5.19 Diesel : $6.70
Paying the same prices under Biden, all the whining is pretty funny.
Can you do this with a Ford-F250 7.3L diesel? Interested; just to justify the truck to the wife.
#18 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-04-21 11:58 AM | Reply
#8 Evidently, over $9/gal.
#19 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-04-21 12:03 PM | Reply
#18 | Posted by oneironaut
Biden didn't start the Ukraine war.
Trump started the Iran war.
Try again but be less stupid this time.
#20 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-04-21 12:04 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
The tank I fill most often is my Chevy Colorado diesel, since it carries my tools and acts as my daily driver. Fortunately, since it's a little 4 cylinder I average about 27 MPG out of it. Three months ago it was costing me about $65 to fill it. Now it's a little over $100. Diesel here is currently about $5.20.
I also have a GMC 3500HD that I only use when I need to pull a heavy trailer or haul my camper. It hasn't been out since the beginning of the year.
#21 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-04-21 12:12 PM | Reply
A small price to pay for the eventual elimination of those who support and engage in both pedophilia and genocide.
#22 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-04-21 12:21 PM | Reply
$5.85 at the pump near me in Tustin, CA.
Just bought a motorcycle after a long hiatus. Cut my fuel bill roughly in half.
#23 | Posted by dibblda at 2026-04-21 12:41 PM | Reply
#6 | Posted by Nixon
What part of WNY? I was just at my parent's place in Chautauqua county last week and they luckily lived near a Rez so gas was about $3.69. I think it was $4.09 off res.
Here in Mizzuruh it's $3.89 to $3.99 at my local places.
#24 | Posted by jpw at 2026-04-21 02:08 PM | Reply
Which was not due to a stupid war of choice.
Idiot.
#25 | Posted by jpw at 2026-04-21 02:10 PM | Reply
$5.05 at the Indian casino station, $5.59-$5.79 in town(NorCal. About 2 hrs north of SF) Diesel is $7.29. Very glad I don't drive for a living.
#26 | Posted by morris at 2026-04-21 02:19 PM | Reply
All Biden's fault!
But seriously folks. My wife and I just finished a massive road trip from SoCal thru all of Oregon up to Seattle WA east to Spokane and Couer d'Alene in Idaho over thru Montana back to Idaho thru all of Utah thru Arizona thru southern Nevada and then back to SoCal. @ 3000 miles. The cheapest gas gas we found with 97 octane was in -------- Montana at $3.99 a gallon.
#27 | Posted by moder8 at 2026-04-21 04:24 PM | Reply
3.99
Northern VA
#28 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-04-21 05:15 PM | Reply
Not a problem because the extra cost will be covered by the "Tariff Dividend" we'll all be getting.
Oh ...
Never mind ...
#29 | Posted by TrueBlue at 2026-04-21 05:40 PM | Reply
$4.66 here today.
#30 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-21 06:08 PM | Reply
$3.85 today in FL, was a dollar less a month ago.
#31 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-21 06:12 PM | Reply
James Talarico Announces Plan to Suspend the Gas Tax - 2 hours ago (2 min)
www.youtube.com
#32 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-21 06:16 PM | Reply
Wake me up when FJB's record high is broken.
#33 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-04-21 06:30 PM | Reply
#30 | Posted by REDIAL
So that's like what, three fitty in real dollars?
#34 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-04-21 06:31 PM | Reply
I did the conversions for you, since I know your only unit of measure is the football field.
#35 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-21 06:34 PM | Reply
Wake me when Daddysfist stops licking the orange chomo's taint.
#36 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-04-21 06:35 PM | Reply
#36
They'll be calling you Rip Van Heitsgebot before that happens!
#37 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-21 06:40 PM | Reply
"Dated" deliveries of oil are over $150 a bbl.
A delivery date is the final date by which the underlying commodity for a futures or forward contract must be delivered for the terms of the contract to be fulfilled. Most futures contracts are used as a hedge to reduce the risk of adverse price movements in a commodity and are closed out with an offsetting position (selling to offset a long position and buying to offset a short position) before the actual delivery date. www.investopedia.com
www.investopedia.com
#38 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-04-21 06:49 PM | Reply
Get back to me when Trump sells our strategic petroleum reserves and offers people student loan forgiveness to buy votes.
Biden sold national security for a bowl of lentil stew and the only democrat here who didn't have an issue with it was JPW.. Let it sink in... That ------ is smarter than the whole lot of you.
#39 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-04-21 09:04 PM | Reply
#39 didn't have = had
#40 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-04-21 09:05 PM | Reply
I'm not usually a conspiracy nut and it sounds impossible but I have a sneaking suspicion that the oil companies are not passing along their full increased cost and are restraining their greed in order to support tRump. They could be actually doing this because they are already wallowing in excess profits and it serves their purpose to help extend the wump war.
#41 | Posted by grumpy_too at 2026-04-21 09:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
@#38 ... "Dated" deliveries of oil are over $150 a bbl. ...
OK, the last tankers that had been able to traverse the Strait of Hormuz have likely reached their destinations.
Now, the big thing those destinations are asking is: where, and how, do we get our future oil needs?
#42 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-21 11:39 PM | Reply
Sri Lanka introduces four-day work week to conserve fuel amid Middle East war www.abc.net.au
4-day work weeks, rationing, dressing down: How some Asian countries are coping with the Iran oil crisis www.cbc.ca
#43 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-21 11:41 PM | Reply
And, for the record, the Strait of Hormuz was wide open to all traffic before Pres Trump started his excursion into Iran.
#44 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-21 11:43 PM | Reply
the Strait of Hormuz was wide open to all traffic
At least since the "Tanker Wars" of the late '70s.
#45 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-21 11:52 PM | Reply
The Economist: "Fifty days into the Iran war the world has lost 550 million barrels of Gulf crude"nearly 2% of last year's global output. Every month Hormuz stays closed, the world misses out on 7 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG), worth 2% of its annual supply. Yet in Western countries, which host the largest futures markets, pain remains limited. Petrol is a bit pricier, but most households can still afford to drive. Trucks keep trucking. Planes continue to fly. Fuel stocks remain close to pre-war levels."
"This comforting picture is deeply misleading. By April 20th the last few oil tankers to cross Hormuz before the war began reached their destinations, in Malaysia and California. There is no buffer left to protect the world from the supply shock, at a time of the year when demand from holiday drivers starts to pick up."
politicalwire.com
Stinky did that.
#46 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-04-22 05:32 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
3.78 here in the SW 2nd ring suburbs of Mpls. If you like having 4 seasons and can handle the cold, it really is a nice place to live.
#47 | Posted by Chantresse at 2026-04-22 11:43 AM | Reply
The last of the oil tankers that left the strait before the war have made their deliveries by tomorrow. Shortages & higher prices are coming to a gas station near you.
Iran found out they already have a nuclear weapon: stopping oil from leaving the Persian Gulf. 20% of the world's oil supply. Not to mention fertilizer farmers need this planting season, rare earth metals, helium, etc etc.
Iran holds all the cards.
#48 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-04-22 12:04 PM | Reply
#36 | Posted by reinheitsgebot
-Picks up dirty comment from heap *sniffs* -wears it anyway
#49 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-04-22 12:13 PM | Reply
Get back to me when Trump sells our strategic petroleum reserves...
#39 | Posted by lfthndthrds
The bigger question I have is, why didn't Trump fill the SPR when oil was cheap, just last year?
#50 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-04-22 12:21 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
" Get back to me when Trump sells our strategic petroleum reserves..."
What a riot.
Biden bought back the gas for less than he sold it for. If Trump had done as much, you'd be lined up to lick his taint.
Instead, Trump started a war with an oil supplier WITHOUT buying back the SPR first.
Dumb as a rock ... and you support it.
#51 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-04-22 12:38 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Get back to me when Trump sells our strategic petroleum reserves #39 | Posted by lfthndthrds
Trump authorized doing that last month.
His sale of 172 million barrels of oil will reduce the Strategic Petroleum Reserves to its lowest level in ...ever?
Biden released 230 million barrels of oil and bought back over 200 million barrels at lower prices in 2024.
Google is your friend, Pedo.
#52 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-04-22 01:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
I was paying as much as $3.99 on a trip from Htown to Jville AL on Sunday-Monday in my lil old vintage Corolla and getting 35mpg. I want the price to go much higher in order to damage the repugs. I want the maggots in the lifted pickups to feel the pain, the hot rodders to run out of gas, the fancy pants Benz magas to enjoy paying greatly increased prices for their 93 octane, the pig-pugs in their monster RVs to be stunned at the price of a fill up. And most of them will know exactly who to blame.
#53 | Posted by grumpy_too at 2026-04-22 11:21 PM | Reply
Monthly pass for public transportation. Since the city hasn't raised prices, it's the cheapest way to travel.
Of course, my fare paid for all the special class of people to ride free: they ride free and have for decades.
#54 | Posted by Petrous at 2026-04-23 08:21 AM | Reply
Was Biden sucking the ever-living soul out of you when his prices were higher without an excursion in Iran?
#55 | Posted by boazreborn at 2026-04-23 09:11 AM | Reply
#55 | Posted by boazreborn
"His prices."
Mooch might be the stupidest wast of oxygen I've ever interacted with.
#56 | Posted by jpw at 2026-04-23 01:25 PM | Reply
#55
Please explain how you think Biden drove those prices up.
#57 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-04-23 04:01 PM | Reply
Demand shot up after he fixed Covid.
#58 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-23 04:08 PM | Reply
Don't forget Putin only invaded because Biden was weak. He's clearly then as well as now afraid of Trump.
#59 | Posted by jpw at 2026-04-23 04:18 PM | Reply
Please explain how you think Biden drove those prices up. #57 | POSTED BY WHATSLEFT
Biden had the unfortunate luck of winning the presidency after Trump defunded the CDC, downplayed the pandemic and allowed COVID to run rampant across the nation.
Clearly his fault for winning.
Had Trump won in 2020 he could have nuked a tornado or something.
#60 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-23 04:25 PM | Reply
Get back to me when Trump sells our strategic petroleum reserves and offers people student loan forgiveness to buy votes. #39 | Posted by lfthndthrds
Trump already authorized 172 million barrels sold from the SPR in March.
Trump already offered "no taxes on tips" to buy votes.
Whoever writes your talking points is a clueless idiot.
#61 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-23 04:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
Anyone still supporting Trump is either a complete moron or hates America.
The DR is a mix of both types of deplorable Trumping MAGAts.
#62 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-23 05:50 PM | Reply
Turds and OneTrumper - hate America.
SHRIMPdick and BullJohnson - complete morons.
BullBringer- stupid troll
#63 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-23 05:52 PM | Reply
*** Brain-dead Faux TV Tumor MIGA Larry Kudlow: "The Iran War Hasn't Hurt Our Economy" ***
"I don't know how long this is going to go. My view is the Dotard-in-Chief is right. Just keep the blockade on. The economic and financial pressure is going to squeeze them down and squeeze them down and squeeze them down.
We've taken out the top three layers. This is a fourth layer. They'll be taken out. They know they'll be taken out. So I think the end game is coming. It hasn't hurt our economy.
Look at the numbers today. S&P Global manufacturing up again. ISM manufacturing up. Retail sales is up. We're probably running about 3% economic growth despite $4 gasoline. It's not our problem.
We are doing economic and financial starvation. That's what it is. I have no idea about combat, it's not part of my portfolio. All I know is Trumpf's right, they're going to fold. This game is over, they don't even know it. It will be over before long."
Below, a picture perfect portrait of a MIGA helping to bankrupt the American economy without a care in the world.
#64 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-23 07:22 PM | Reply
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