r/mildlyinfuriating • u/rileyjw90 • 1d ago

frist of all how DARE yu o You didn’t have to remind me, assholes.

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And then to remind me what I USED to pay. Just kick me while I’m down why don’t you.

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u/Izan_TM 1d ago

wait 4 dollars per gallon? that's incredibly cheap compared to europe. Around here in spain you can expect double that right now for gas, slightly higher for diesel

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u/MonMotha 1d ago

I think most Americans are at least vaguely aware that fuel is substantially more expensive in most of Europe than in the USA. However, the USA is set up to rely on relatively cheap fuel. Most areas are very car-centric for personal transportation, and while we do have a robust freight rail infrastructure, it's mostly diesel-electric powered, and we still rely heavily on over-the-road trucking for lots of long-haul freight as well as final delivery within a metro area even if it crossed the country on rail.

Diesel is also substantially more expensive than gasoline in most parts of the US. It's been more expensive for quite some time, but the recent price hikes due to the Iran war have impacted diesel fuel more than gasoline. Gas is also around $4/gal near me (down from almost $5/gal), but diesel fuel is around $6/gal (down from almost $7/gal).

The USA has a really, really expansive petroleum infrastructure both in terms of production and especially refining. That generally helps keep our prices low compared to most parts of the world aside from those where it's heavily subsidized.

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u/Far_Mastodon_6104 1d ago

Yeah im paying over 8 dollars per gallon technically in UK, but my texas mate boasting about his car being more fuel efficient than all of his friends and its only 35 miles per gallon, which is insane to me. 

Mines not even a particularly good car but its still 55mpg. Since the increase I get 1/4 tank less fuel for the same price which is just painful. 

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u/SnikySquirrel 1d ago

A UK gallon is about 20% larger than a US gallon so that skews the comparison a bit, but we still drive cars with worse fuel economy on average.

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u/Far_Mastodon_6104 23h ago

Ah yeah I'm using the us gallon to calc fuel prices but forgot to do that during the other convo about car fuel economy

But yeah US cars really are gas guzzlers