For the first time in more than seven decades, drivers in Oregon are allowed to pump their own gas.

  • CmdrShepard@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    No it’s actually cheaper than Washington and California prices. Companies aren’t going to lower their prices just because their costs went down. That isn’t how the gasoline market works.

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        1 year ago

        Doesn’t apply to electric vehicles here in Oregon. At this point, the law just remained because people like not having to pump their own gas and it creates jobs. I’ve pumped my own gas plenty of times in other states and it honestly isn’t any faster. The longest I’ve ever had to wait for gas was at a station in NorCal where everyone wanted to go stretch their legs for 30 minutes inside the store before coming out to pump their gas.

        Currently, I fill up twice a week and never wait more than 5 minutes even with one attendant working.

        I see this change as a way for fuel companies to increase their profits while sticking the work on customers. Nobody is going to reduce their price when people were willing to pay the current ‘higher’ price. The gas/oil industry doesn’t exist inside a normal capitalist market (much like healthcare).

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          1 year ago

          Obviously you’ve never had the misfortune of going to the 7-11 station in Hillsboro.

          Also, not being able to pump our own gas is why most of our gas stations aren’t open 24-7, which sucks for working people who often have to leave home early in the AM before the gas stations are open. If you forgot to fill up the day before? Forget about it, you’re going to be late to work.

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              1 year ago

              That’s nice, but I’m talking about Oregon, not NJ which is far more densely populated and accordingly is a very different place. I can get a freshly made sammich here in Portland at 3am too, I just can’t get gas.

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                1 year ago

                And that’s the thing. The densely populated areas are paying taxes and dealing with the CO2 output of the rural areas that we subsidize.

                The whole sons of the soil, oversized pickup trucks, farmer cosplay lifestyle can only exist because of the federal government. You can’t manage without gas for your pickup? Well, maybe you should do what the rest of us do and move to an area where you can use public transportation.