Merz fuel plan faces criticism

Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced plans to ease high petrol and diesel prices for motorists in Germany, while commentators said the proposed measures were flawed, costly or impractical.

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, David R. Miller

12%

Scholar power: 12.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 43%, Political science 29%, Energy 19%, Environmental science 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brendan Nyhan	11%	51	7.9%
🎓 David R. Miller	9%	21	4.1%
Total			12.0%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

47.0%

4.2 h

186

12.0%

Ranking score

0.139

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Trump on his Iran war: "You have a higher gas -- it's a very inexpensive price to pay for what we've done. Remember that. It's a little more. Frankly, even if it was a lot more."

September 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM

Reposted by Greg Linden

10%

Scholar power: 10.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Economics 43%, Political science 29%, Energy 19%, Environmental science 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Greg Linden	21%	23	10.1%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

46.0%

16.9 h

10.1%

Ranking score

0.01

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Dean Baker

@deanbaker13.bsky.social

Trump sets yet another record-high diesel fuel price at $6.31 a gallon gasprices.aaa.com It's nearly twice the price when Biden left office. That's very MAGA

AAA Fuel Prices

gasprices.aaa.com

September 16, 2026 at 11:40 AM