And regulation, senate is looking at taxing winfall scenarios like this where the companies exploit shortages. 

The thing is “Democrat who doesn’t support single-payer healthcare and student loan forgiveness” and “Republican who commits borderline treason and wants to create a fascist dictatorship in America” is a huge difference you can’t dismiss with Both Sides are Bad.

Of course it was met with bipartisan support.  The GOP will support anything they can attack the Dems with.  Rationality plays no part in this equation.

Exactly, Republicans are happy to sell you the rope to hang yourself with. In this case, they’re happy to increase gas prices knowing it will help them in the midterms. 

As a Democrat I can easily pick holes in Republican’s actions, but it’s not like Democrats are innocent here. I think the “but look at them!” argument is used waaaaay too often and prevents Democrats from acknowledging and fixing flaws.

They’re digging their own graves by doing so, and speeding up the shift to renewables.

Russian oil makes up <3% of our annual supply. It wont effect us nearly as much as Europe. Also worth mentioning, this decision was met with bipartisan support.

That is the overwhelming sentiment, but people aren’t rational and Republicans will still blame Biden/Democrats for the high prices. 

The psychotic hypocrisy of Republicans kills me... They’re now effing animals incapable of thinking rationally.

Of course gas prices will have to go up, otherwise the companies can’t maintain the record profits they’ve been making. 

The overwhelming sentiment in the U.S. right now is that people want to help Ukraine. This is aimed at helping Ukraine. It will come with a cost.  

This looks like it was a really difficult decision to make. My company -FMCG- is on it’s fourth price increase since 07/20. We’re ready to announce the next one.

They’ve done this (same stipulation...pre-order just gets you the place in line, not a locked-in price), albeit not with a 20% delta.

Extreme right wing conservative.

This site is littered with comments from people who insist that they need their giant vehicle - sometimes just due to the perception that it makes their life a tiny bit easier sometimes. Crazily, people seem blind to the ways it makes their life more difficult. The reality is they don’t care because it’s driven by a…

We are self entitled assholes for the most part...

They follow the market; they don’t drive it.

To all them folks that rushed out to have 3 kids I have the world’s tiniest violin on standby.

Excellent, as this will help to bring back small cars. Regular gas is USD6.30/gal in my city, and that’s low compared to Europe. As a car enthusiast, I think it should be higher. $15/gal would be fine with me.

Mother in law is retired and not using her plug in so now I am using it for work on the days I actually drive in, 54 miles round trip in often heavy LA traffic. The other days, I work from home or take the train. I know everyone is not able to do this, but trying to do my part to use less, pay less.