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ProfessorGAC

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14. Well, If Guess Gets to $20 per Gallon...

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #13)

Fri May 1, 2026, 05:56 PM

Friday

...they'd have to sell by the quart.
But, it won't. There will be torches & pitchforks in the streets before gas exceeds $10.
The Failure & his minions will admit defeat even if their superrich benefactors have to threaten to back impeachment & conviction.
$10 gas will cripple the economy & nobody makes money. The oligarchs seeing the scope of the fortubes reduced will be pissed.

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Digital deisel gas pumps are not configured to go above $9.99 in the pricing per gallon [View all] applegrove Friday OP

Would that mean multiple fill-ups for diesel vehicles? no_hypocrisy Friday #1

I fixed it. I was not clear. I meant the price per gallon as advertised applegrove Friday #3

Would require customers to go inside to pay for the amount of gallons they need wishstar Friday #4

This message was self-deleted by its author sop Friday #2

Would existing pumps rzemanfl Friday #5

That is what the CNN guest was implying. Diesel is at $7.00+ applegrove Friday #8

I forgot that pumps these days are digital. rzemanfl Friday #12

Ruh roh! Y2K for gas pumps. surfered Friday #6

Ah, just like the old days when gasoline went over 99.9 cents a gallon... hunter Friday #7

What They Did Here Was... ProfessorGAC Friday #11

Or, eventually, quart. Europe prices by the liter, so we could switch to that, if it weren't so "woke". nt eppur_se_muova Friday #13

Well, If Guess Gets to $20 per Gallon... ProfessorGAC Friday #14

In the 1970s the old gas pumps did not accommodate the $. Gore1FL Friday #9

? applegrove Friday #10

I don't understand the inquiry. What was unclear? Nt Gore1FL Friday #16

I'm just dense tonight. Ignore me. applegrove Friday #18

Make it per liter, the price will look lower. LOL dem4decades Friday #15

remember when gas was like $3.25 and vandals were putting "I did that" Biden stickers on all the pumps? Takket Friday #17