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IronLionZion

(51,549 posts)
Sun May 17, 2026, 08:08 PM 19 hrs ago

Why today's high gas prices could take 7 years to fall



How long are MAGAts going to make idiotic excuses for the high gas prices? I doubt they can keep it going for 7 years. This can be a problem for GOP in the next few elections considering how much stuff is priced higher due to higher shipping and material costs.

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Why today's high gas prices could take 7 years to fall (Original Post) IronLionZion 19 hrs ago OP
They slickly avoided mentioning rebuilding the OBLITERATED refining capacity in the ME bucolic_frolic 18 hrs ago #1

bucolic_frolic

(55,802 posts)
1. They slickly avoided mentioning rebuilding the OBLITERATED refining capacity in the ME
Sun May 17, 2026, 08:29 PM
18 hrs ago

CNN stepping lightly.

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