re: So sick of the price of everything right now.

That’s beyond crazy. Shouldn’t be like this. So sorry!

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, dog food, laundry detergent

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Spent $164 yesterday, $20 food the rest on cleaning products and pet food. Ridiculous!

That Blackrock stock is up over 20% since the lockdowns started in 2020 tho.

Don't you conservatives love big corporations like Blackrock? They're the job creators!

facts

Went to reorder A/C air filters yesterday on Amazon.

The same exact 12 pack of filters that I paid $59 for in August 2018 is now $179.

300% increase in 5 years.

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Well, GetCocky said that the combos were $6 before COVID. We've had three years of rampant inflation since then. Also, the poster didn't mention a combo, so it doesn't appear that he was taking advantage of any cost savings. Adding in tax, and "almost $18" just doesn't seem that egregious to me.

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Are you fricking retarded?

You think a 300% price increase in 3 years is reasonable? GTFOH

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But you can. Electricity you could, but I'll allow that one as that's a bit tougher.

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Not really, every state has a regulatory agency that taxpayers do not pursue any more. If you had the same % of citizens that vote on "American Idol" voice their opinions with their state agency you would be surprised how quickly things could change

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But you can use less gas. Bigger picture, if gas prices were too high, more people will buy EVs.

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We are getting rid of more gas friendly sedans for SUV's because auto manufactures make higher profit on them. Just for the sake of intelligent vehicle discussion.

#1 Not enough EV battery metals in the world to make this work.
#2 Physics does not work for SUV EV, does work for sedans
#3 We are at least 1 generation away from practical long distance EV's, not years
#4 Fossil fuels will account for 80% to 90% of the electric to charge EV's for at least a generation or more

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Food, buy alternatives.

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In the 70's (the oil shocks) we converted our backyard to a WWII era "victory garden" and created storage in the basement for non perishable dry goods. We also got heavily into making our own Tofu (very cheap protein) and home made baked goods (bulk flour and such).

Fast food and processed food became a luxury we could no longer afford.

Being around the power industry most of my life, from earth to retail.

I seriously doubt 1% for petroleum when most of that East Coast energy starts in the SW and travels the Big and Little Inch to be refined in PA to make heating oil for that part of the country. I also have been at actual coal facilities set for decommission status that will be operating for at least the next 20 years to turn coal to electricity. While least knowledgeable about natural gas, an actual number close to 50% would not shock or surprise me.

Nuclear may be showing 18% but how much of that is near or past useful life. Like refineries, not much new nuclear is being built due to cost and fears.(should be but it is not). Being long associated with TVA my gut tells me hydro is probably #1 for renewables but many dams across the US are past useful life and were built in the best spot when built, so replacement dams would be less efficient from day 1.

Geothermal is actually one of the best (and why 1 or more European countries are energy independent) yet the US lags very far behind. If we had used the technology coming out of the oil shocks, research and construction would make this a massive source yet Ronnie killed it when he took office. Nobody has pursued it with gusto since.

Solar is the future, but solar furnaces are only efficient in 1 or 2 areas in the SW. Fascinating technology but we are focused on passive which is still a long way away from economic scale.

All these technologies still use the turbines discovered by the Greeks to convert resource to actual power (fossil, nuclear, solar, hydro, etc). The exception is geothermal which is more aimed at very efficient use of energy produced.

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Don’t like the price, don’t buy it!!!!! Simple as that.

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God, your dave ramsey "pay cash for everything or you can't afford it" schtick is so old. You'll rag on folks for not paying cash for a house and then blame them for buying lunch meat for their kid's lunches that's doubled in price.

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We are at least 1 generation away from practical long distance EV's, not years

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I mean, Tesla put together the first realistic EV not even 10 years ago. I very much doubt it will be another 20 to see them lengthen the distance it can travel.

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#1 Not enough EV battery metals in the world to make this work.

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For lithium, maybe. There's tons of promising research into aluminum batteries with much longer ranges. Toyota just announced it had achieved exactly this earlier this year.

I don't doubt that there's still hurdles to overcome, but to say it's 20+ years until it gets better isnt exactly true.