Queens residents have been feeling the effects of inflation — rising prices and a loss of purchasing power — all without wages matching the increase in the cost of living.
The price of gas alone has gone up about one dollar this year. Gas station owners are scared, drivers are budgeting and no one knows who to blame.
Tasos Drivas opened a Mobil gas station in Long Island City nearly 30 years ago, and he told QNS he worries every day about losing his business.
“What will I do if I lose this [business]?” Drivas said. “I already lost two-thirds of the business I had, and at my age now, it’s not the time to start again. The businesses have been struggling after the government stopped giving out checks. Now, over 90% of people use credit cards at my station. It’s a problem. It’s very tough for everyone.”
According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of gas is $3.44, over one dollar more than it was a year ago. There are a lot of different factors to blame for this surge in prices. First, AAA says that cold weather increases the demand for heating oil. On top of that, foreign affairs and the concern that Russia will sanction and withhold crude oil in the already tight market puts pressure on prices.
“This shows how events on the other side of the globe can have a noticeable impact right here in the U.S.,” said Andrew Gross, an AAA spokesperson. “And unfortunately for drivers, they are reminded of this by higher prices at the pump.”
41 comments:
Well thats the president YOU voted for. The American sheeple have spoken.
First day in office Potato head and Cackles closed the Keystone XL pipeline with an executive order ! We need to put America’s national interest first not climate change $$$ dreams.
Leftoid Energy Policy is killing the economy !
Everything You’ve Heard About Electric Cars is a Lie, Here’s the Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HASkPCkMhbg&ab_channel=ScottyKilmer
$10 Gas after the attack on Ukraine !
This DEMENTIACRAPS ADMINISTRATION is pathetic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwmxGZ6nZBY&ab_channel=NewsmaxTV
"There are a lot of different factors to blame for this surge in prices. First, AAA says that cold weather increases the demand for heating oil. On top of that, foreign affairs and the concern that Russia will sanction and withhold crude oil in the already tight market puts pressure on prices."
LOL! Oh yeah, it has NOTHING to do with Sloppy Joe Biden cancelling pipelines, freezing drilling leases, or sanctioning oil from Iran, Venezuela and Russia. Now they're trying to spin that it's got to do with Yooookraine, even though gas and oil have been spiking up for months.
Here's a tip for the normies: Biden WANTS to raise gas prices. It's all part of their green fanaticism. The goal is $10/gallon gas. Just wait. You'll see $6-7 by summer, and it will keep going up. And it's ON PURPOSE.
A basic question: Why should Americans have to compete against the global market for energy sources extracted from our own soil?
The answer can be boiled down to capitalism & profit.
The American market should ALWAYS take precedence over corporate enrichment.
We should not have to compete with Europe and Asia for something as basic as a domestically produced energy source.
Don’t bother with the anti-Biden crap. Situations like this point out what economists & historians have long said; we are not in a command economy, the president has little control here.
Rob in Manhattan
#FJB
"Well thats the president YOU voted for. "
Wrong. That's the guy the global overlords put in office via Dominion and Smartmatic.
"No one knows who to blame?" We went from an energy exporter to a energy importer (including imports from OPEC and Russia) just by Biden's reversal of Trump's pro-growth energy policies. This, in turn is a major cause of inflation. As we see now, it also has foreign policy implications. We're doing it to ourselves. But God forbid anyone say, "hey, you know, Trump was right."
Nobody will be able to afford pass Niger cars anymore so it won’t really matter.
Remember when "history's greatest monster" Trump had this country energy independent? It wasn't THAT long ago. But because we can't have nice things anymore we ended up having Beijing Buyden installed in power to ensure this country's economy tanks.
If any of those gas station owners were stupid enough to vote for Joey Alzheimers they need to shut the hell up and be happy because they're getting exactly what they apparently wanted. Those who didn't vote for him get sympathy until this long national nightmare of a regime finally ends.
@"Well thats the president YOU voted for. "
Unlike the previous one, who got in with the help of Mr. Putin.
Gas is still way too cheap. $20/gallon would be a better price.
@Unlike the previous one, who got in with the help of Mr. Putin.
Confirmed by the Durham investigation to be a complete fabrication of the DNC Crime Syndicate led by Hillary "Hildabeast" Clinton and her charitable foundation where millions of dollars were flowing in from various sources in anticipation of her being INSTALLED as the POTUS.
Now plenty of 3 letter agencies are in deep crap.
Any questions boy?
Glad I don’t own a supersized tank, I mean SUV.
Rob in Manhattan always defending the wrong side...
Why is Putin doing this now? You already know stop the bs.
$200.00 oil ?
At least Trumps is not tweeting.
Capitalism has lifted millions out of poverty and is the only creator of wealth. Socialism ONLY results in economic ruin. So why do so many young people today support it? Watch this specially-curated video marathon devoted to understanding Socialism and its pitfalls.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_eobnhtCy8&ab_channel=PragerU
Reading the comments here from the far left is very sad.
Today as always it is those who would quash dissent who harm our freedoms.
American Leftoids spends a huge amount of time working to censor debate and dictate what is and isn’t appropriate speech.
Let's Go Brandon...
"Unlike the previous one, who got in with the help of Mr. Putin."
LOL!!! I love how this nonsense continues to circulate in the synapses of the brain dead (a contradiction, I know, but just go with it). It doesn't matter how often this Hillary-paid-for stupidity gets blown up, the NPC crowd still says "nerp nerp nerp POOOTIN done it!"
See, that's why I'm the NPC_translator. I have to explain to them what goes on in their own heads.
@" We went from an energy exporter to a energy importer"
Why don't you wrap your lips around an exhaust pipe and take and deep inhale? It's good for you, honest!
@Rob in Manhattan - although the USA produces a lot of oil, it is not all the right type to match our fuel and chemical requirements - for example, fracked oil is generally too light and can't be used to tribe into diesel. So we swap a lot of crude worldwide... So its a global market
Auto correct somehow changed REFINE into tribe wtf?
Our economy is going into a depression, not a recession. We're already in a recession.
Republicans are IMPEACHING Joe Biden After Midterm Wins in House and Senate as Russia Takes Ukraine. Praying Mash Potato Bains is impeached Jan 1,2023
I didn't vote for Biden! He's now off to lead the troops.
@Glad I don’t own a supersized tank, I mean SUV.
You can't. Requires skills far beyond tricycles.
@Rob
I think you are confusing CARTEL with Capitalism.
What we are seeing today, has nothing to do with Capitalism, is really theft at the highest level, by the most powerful.
Cartel is what the Rockefellers did with Standard Oil back in the days.
Now is at a global level.
Add the removal of the dollar from gold and oil purchases can only be settled in dollars and you get what we are seeing today.
Wall Street is not about Capitalism. Is about ripping people of via hedge funds for the most part.
Ukraine is not about democracy, is about energy and pipelines, most importantly who controls those pipelines.
Same in Iraq. these are energy related wars and conflicts.
He's now off to lead the troops.
where? at the geriatric ward?
Yeah those tank Honda CRVs wowwww
"I didn't vote for Biden!" I'm not Brainwashed...
Why would anyone live in Stinky Milk Manhattan and brag about it ?
"Send me your poor, your deadbeats, your filthy…’ And all the nations sent them in here – they come swarming in like ants: the from....(Fill in the Blank) All of ’em come in here, and they’re all free to live in their own separate sections where they feel safe. And they’ll bust your head if you go in there. That’s what makes America great, buddy." AB
where? at the geriatric ward?
No Creedmor with you !
"Don’t bother with the anti-Biden crap"
So funny Comrad after hearing all the made up Trump lies on State Controlled Fake News for over 6 years.
"Praying Mash Potato Bains is impeached Jan 1,2023"
Well yeah, but then we're stuck with Heels Up Harris. Even worse. Sloppy Joe is not so dumb. He picked a VP so devastatingly terrible that nobody would dare impeach Joe and leave her in charge.
He may be the first Crash Test Dummy President, but he's no fool!
Does Hunter have to give all that money back to Ukraine now that his influence and Ukraine has dissolved. Asking for a friend...
Biden started "staring" down Putin, then a pigeon caught his eye, his mind wandered and he fell asleep.
@"where? at the geriatric ward?"
You're in it, DoDo. Along with most of the other TrumpTurd Karen's who post here.
I live in a very small town in a red state. We have no problem with gas stations. Two in our small town of 800. At least 16 pumps. Do the division. Tough NYC - look at your own mentality.
"Send me your poor, your deadbeats, your filthy…’ And all the nations sent them in here – they come swarming in like ants: the from....(Fill in the Blank) All of ’em come in here, and they’re all free to live in their own separate sections where they feel safe. And they’ll bust your head if you go in there. That’s what makes America great, buddy."
Now we know how you and NPC_doofus got here.
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