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Shermann

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25. Reverse-ICE gas pumps with EVs

Reply to Beachnutt (Original post)

Tue Jun 7, 2022, 07:04 PM

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What are the ways that we can protest gas prices ? [View all] Beachnutt Jun 2022 OP

Use less. Just use less. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #1

Until I can get an EV I may be forced to Beachnutt Jun 2022 #16

But really, the gas prices are a blessing. Bemoaning gas prices when the planet Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #20

Totally agree Beachnutt Jun 2022 #22

You can't. Your 1st 3 items aren't protests. maxsolomon Jun 2022 #2

Drive less. MineralMan Jun 2022 #3

Drive less. Vote more and better. Hortensis Jun 2022 #38

Use less and send money to UKR to defeat Russia once and for all relayerbob Jun 2022 #4

Tax the profits of the gas companies at the pumps. The gas companies set the price of gas so in2herbs Jun 2022 #5

Windfall profits tax would be an idea TheRealNorth Jun 2022 #7

Windfall profits taxes don't reduce costs... brooklynite Jun 2022 #10

It would reduce the incentive to price-gouge TheRealNorth Jun 2022 #30

Apparently a good enough idea for the UK to do it. GoodRaisin Jun 2022 #18

The money at the pump is not profit dumbcat Jun 2022 #17

No more please ripcord Jun 2022 #24

In other countries they tax $2-3 per gallon MichMan Jun 2022 #27

In other states it is much less ripcord Jun 2022 #28

Of course it would be passed on like all other taxes usually are MichMan Jun 2022 #29

So how does rasing the price of gas protest gas prices? ripcord Jun 2022 #31

Consolidate your trips -- i.e. reduce total miles driven. Pobeka Jun 2022 #6

+1. Less weight in car trunk. Proper air no_hypocrisy Jun 2022 #9

If the American public would Beachnutt Jun 2022 #11

You can protest all you want, but it won't change anything. Ocelot II Jun 2022 #8

We have a long way to go. Thunderbeast Jun 2022 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2022 #14

Around here it's to keep dumbcat Jun 2022 #21

None of the above... Thunderbeast Jun 2022 #37

Call the city inspectors office. Tell them this is happening and you will be contacting Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #35

The Germans had a novel idea, and it worked DFW Jun 2022 #13

My state charges sales taxes on the total price (including gas taxes) MichMan Jun 2022 #15

If that is legal under Michigan law, then the state gets away with it DFW Jun 2022 #23

Simple, drive less. In 2020 when everything was shut down and we couldn't take a doc03 Jun 2022 #19

Yes, people were furloughed and everything was closed MichMan Jun 2022 #26

The op asked how we can get gas prices down, that is one way. That was extreme but doc03 Jun 2022 #33

Reverse-ICE gas pumps with EVs Shermann Jun 2022 #25

Shake your fist at the sky and yell. ZonkerHarris Jun 2022 #32

Ever notice how, whenever someone says, "How can we do better?" there is always someone Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #34

Drive absolutely minimally. Reduce demand. marmar Jun 2022 #36