• night_petal@piefed.social
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    13 hours ago

    People are talking about gas prices hitting magats hard because of their vote. Know what’s hitting them harder? Diesel prices. Diesel for all of the coal rolling trucks. Diesel hit $5.50 a gallon here (for reference the now high for here gas prices are about $3.60).

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      10 hours ago

      And diesel trucks are transport vehicles.

      So. Cost of everything just went up in accordance with the transportation cost. Plus the crackdown on foreign truck drivers.

      Inflation cost bout to jump like covid.