Re:Walmart Didn’t Kill the Small Town, It Is the Small Town
by SoftTalker on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:26AM
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Peak oil was supposed to happen a decade ago (maybe more?). It ain't happening. Adjusted for inflation, gasoline is as cheap as ever.
Re:Walmart Didn’t Kill the Small Town, It Is the Small Town
by r00fus on Friday July 28, 2023 @01:49PM
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> Adjusted for inflation, gasoline is as cheap as ever.
There's the rub. Perhaps our rampant inflation is essentially the result of "real" peak oil, except instead of gas prices steadily increasing, the US economy is taking excessive actions to keep our petrodollar supreme and causing massive inflation.
Especially as challengers to petroleum economy arise: Solar/Battery/Wind/EVs - it's possible the only way to stay solvent is to massively devalue $$.
Re:Walmart Didn’t Kill the Small Town, It Is the Small Town
by leetcrew on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:28AM
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also what is the guy doing with his mowers that they only last a year? my dad neglects his mowers pretty badly and it still runs fine 10+ years later. only issue is the dull blade.
Re:Walmart Didn’t Kill the Small Town, It Is the Small Town
by gainda on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:38AM
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My father and now me are in the "badly neglects lawn equipment but somehow they carry on" camp. I'm not sure what it is, but our stuff just works. I have a shed for my equipment but I leave the gas in over the winter, I crank them right up once I need them the next year, I use gas from last year that's been sitting in the can ...
and these are cheap sub $200 machines
I almost feel like our way of life (artificially cheap) is going to hit a brick wall once gas stops being cheap (peak oil).