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White House officials are bracing for oil prices to surge past the $150-a-barrel mark as the Iran war stretches into its second month and the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, according to a new report.

In recent weeks, the average cost of a barrel of crude has hovered around $100, a figure that the Trump administration now sees as the new “baseline,” though a potential spike to $200 hasn’t been ruled out, a source familiar with the matter told Politico.

As a result, officials have entered “all hands on deck” mode, urgently evaluating options to tame soaring oil prices — which pushed gas above $4 a gallon this week and risks inflating costs across the broader economy.

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[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 75 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tal@lemmy.today 21 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (3 children)

https://www.amazon.com/100pcs-Trump-Stickers-Donald-Merchandise/dp/B0DVSW4WD8

100pcs Trump I Did that Stickers Gas Pump Stickers Decal, Anti Trump Stickers, Fuck Donald Trump Mega Merchandise

5K+ bought in past month

https://www.amazon.com/Trump-Did-That-Stickers-2-5inch/dp/B0DWN53KXY

Trump I Did that Stickers, 2.5inch I Did that Trump Sticker 100PCS

10K+ bought in past month

So if each of those sticker packs has 100 stickers, and people have bought over fifteen thousand packs in the past month alone on those two Amazon items (and there are more) alone, that's over 1.5 million gas pumps that you'd need if you were going to use just those sticker packs.

https://www.fuelexpress.net/blog/general-information/how-many-gas-stations-are-in-the-us/

As of recent estimates, there are about 160,000 gas stations across the United States.

Like, people are going to have to be putting them on in layers or something. I don't think that there are enough gasoline pumps.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago

I don't think that there are enough gasoline pumps.

Remember, you have to put one on both sides of the pump in many places. And then you've got places like Buc-ee's with 120 pumps.

So I think you're actually underestimating by a lot!

[–] protist@retrofed.com 18 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You can put them on other things too, like gas station toilets and portapotties

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

Donald only uses toilets to dispose of secret documents.

[–] portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 15 hours ago

Yeah but it's not the only thing he did. There's plenty of things to stick them on