this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2026

286 points (99.0% liked)

News

36889 readers

2764 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil

Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.

2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.

Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.

3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.

Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.

4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.

Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.

5. Only recent news is allowed.

Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.

6. All posts must be news articles.

No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.

7. No duplicate posts.

If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.

8. Misinformation is prohibited.

Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.

9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.

All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.

10. Don't copy entire article in your post body

For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

JonsJava@lemmy.world

gedaliyah@lemmy.world

little_cow@lemmy.world

286

Trump officials prepping for ‘nightmare scenario’ at gas pumps: reports (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 16 hours ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

90 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

top 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

One idiotic move administration has made is to increase ethanol content of gasoline. Ethanol is corn based in US. Cost of corn is fertilizer based. The futures price of corn has only increased about 10%, while fertilizer costs are up 100%, and so no logical reason to plant corn that has been losing money for farmers for last 5 years.

Easiest plan to bring down energy prices would be to import chinese solar tariff free, to use on ethanol corn fields in Nebraska. Leaving room for Corn between panel rows when it is viable to grow corn for food again. There's even a path towards 0 cost electricity for 24/7 datacenters or other loads. https://lemmy.ca/post/59615557?scrollToComments=true

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 58 minutes ago (1 children)

Your linked AI slop post has a LOT of assumptions and it's kinda expensive. If the total system capex is 50k for 1 kW load, it'll be 500 million for a modern 10MW data center. Then covering the deficit off employee BEVs for peanuts a kWh: That assumes you have enough employees for that and that they're willing to wear their batteries for this.

But yes, the whole ethanol requirement is stupid for a country that has its own oil anyway

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 minutes ago

You're right about cost assumptions of renewables. Like I said, tariff free Chinese costs + 30% local premium results in 0 electricity costs if $2/kg hydrogen revenue. Higher costs would still pay off at 10c/kwh from datacenter/other sales.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

West coast will run out of jet fuel in 2-3 weeks. US politics are so hateful, Texas will likely refuse to ship any by truck to say that this is "woke green policies" fault.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

It honestly makes me sick that this appears to be the line for most Americans. Fuck this country.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 hour ago

No one cares about victims of rape and pedophilia, that's other people, caring about other people is un-American.

[–] innermachine@lemmy.world 30 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

To be fair, once fuel prices go up the cost of EVERYTHING also goes up. So no it's not just about pain at the pump, it's pain at the grocery check out. Pain when the oil truck comes to deliver your liquid heat. Pain when you buy anything plastic, anything grown with fertilizers. People don't realize petroleum is in almost everything! And if it doesn't use a petroleum product in manufacturing, it certainly does in shipping.

[–] RecursiveParadox@piefed.social 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Prices for the kinds of fuel ocean going ships burn have increased 25%-35% depending on the port.

[–] innermachine@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Yep and the same cart of groceries I spent 100 bucks on last year is about 200 now :( Trump was right. So much winning we'll get sick of it. Trouble is only the billionaires are winning, at our expense. I'm not having fun anymore.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The only thing that keeps most people complacent is they can manage to scrape by with their meager salary buying crappy goods. Take that away and Americans might get more revolutionary.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

"americans are 3 hot meals from a revolution" is the saying I think.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, but I don’t think America existed when that phrase was first said. More like “The people are…”

[–] Kurroth@aussie.zone 4 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

Isn't the US a net exporter of oil. Can someone explain to me why this wouldn't benefit them? Sell oil an increased cost with increased demand globally, cover costs at home with supplying the locally refined stuff for the population.

Anyone more in the know able to explain the gaps in my understanding?

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago

The more exports of US oil/lng the higher the price for Americans. It's not as though oligarchy pays taxes, so when you say America makes money, there is no trickle down.

[–] Ashenlux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 hours ago

My theory, it's not the government that has the oil, it's the oil companies. And because this is capitalism, the oil companies will charge as much as the can. So even if it is made here, the drastically reduced supply globally means the companies can change more, and so they will.

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 hours ago

Part of it has to do with the fact that most of the oil we extract in the US now is shale oil, which is lighter and thinner than what they pull out with traditional extraction. Most of the refineries in the US are not equipped to process shale oil, so we export most of it, and import what we can process.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 15 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

What exactly are they “bracing” for? Not a single one of them has to pay out of pocket for it.

[–] Kage520@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

They are bracing for the voters to finally turn on them. Commit fraud? It's fine my gas is cheap. Sex with children? Eh whatever I don't want to consider if that's true or not as long as my gas is cheap. Bomb a school overseas? Whatever you've gotta do to keep my gas cheap. GAS PRICES ARE UP?! WTF IS THIS ADMINISTRATION DOING?! VOTE THEM OUT.

It's sickening, but it seems the price of gas is really all that matters to the Republican voter.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 56 minutes ago

To be fair, a coal rolling Duramax is pretty expensive to feed.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This country has done nothing except wait for someone else to solve the “trump problem.” Protests are great to show unity and dissatisfaction, but I don’t think the regime cares. Protests are not force, and the only thing, if it isn’t obvious, this administration understands is abuse and use of force. They’d probably be fine with a Tiananmen Square scenario in the US, it would justify the final grab for power.

That said, I hope you’re right and gas is finally enough to force change. Hopefully we don’t replace one idiot with another.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 1 points 11 minutes ago

Its simply time to disobey. If you live next to an AI Datacenter now is your chance to shine.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (7 children)

The only big difference between Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump is that Hitler didn't sexually abuse children.

Comparisons:

never drinks alcohol
tariff war which is worst for themselves
oil shortages by bad planning
declaring wars
stealing Nobel peace prize (was Goebbles, but whatever)
fucking up the economy
started a world war
is senile AF
blames minorities for everything
wants to get rid of minorities by any means necessary
doesn't care about rules or laws, human rights or war crimes
wants to build megalomaniac buildings
only recognizes self appointed judges
builds a close circle of radicalized idiots around him who can't say no to him
empoweres criminal enterprises, surrounds himself with and protects criminals, steals from the poor, creates a regime enriching itself illegally

Should I continue?

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

Solid list but a really obvious miss for me was amphetamine addiction

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 hours ago

Hitler was vegetarian, he didn’t like aMcDonald’s.

[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Hitler did speed and trump did cocain, he's probably on adderall now.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 hours ago

I believe Hitler had a thing for his underage niece.

[–] Paddzr@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

He doesn't drink? Really? I'm kinda surprised at that.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

His older brother, Fred, died of alcoholism related illness. If you believe Fred's daughter (the anti trump psychologist who wrote a book on her uncle) his alcoholism was a byproduct of the abusive household that they (Fred and Donald) grew up in.

Sobriety (alcohol) in response to that seems to be a rare bit of Donald making a wise choice, though it could easily be him attempting to one up his brother

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Hitler never drank, and Trump can't drink because it would kill his only braincell. But he is also known to never, or rarely, drink alcohol.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

If that biopic of him was accurate, Trump can't even hold his liquor.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Trump's drug of choice is a drawer full of Sudafed.

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The cost of diesel, the lifeblood of the U.S. economy powering freight and manufacturing, also pushed past $5 a gallon this month, marking the highest rate since 2022. Experts have warned that the elevated price of diesel, made from crude oil, will trigger knock-on effects on groceries, shipping and construction.

Around 80% of Americans live in cities, where there is nowhere to grow realistically self-sustaining quantities of food. If people can’t buy groceries because it’s no longer economically viable to ship food products to stores, what’s the point of anything else?

[–] Shindo66@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

Kind of an off point, but in the US, if the options are: grow your own sustaining quantity of food or starve to death. We're all starving to death.

load more comments