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Checkers, not chess. (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 34 points 8 months ago (12 children)

I hope gas goes up $10 a gallon. You oil dependent suckers.

Get a bike

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  • [–] 25 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I wish it were that simple. Unfortunately we still get screwed even if we don't drive, how else would food and supplies get delivered to shops? It's all dependent on fossil fuels... Everything is going to be more expensive. I guess this is what Trump supporters think "owning the libs" is.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

    That assumes the market just sits still when oil prices rise. It doesn’t.

    Yes, higher fuel prices can raise shipping costs in the short term. But they also create strong incentives to shift to cheaper alternatives. When oil becomes expensive, companies move freight to rail, electrify delivery fleets, source goods more locally, and invest in more efficient logistics. Higher oil prices don’t just make everything permanently expensive. They change the market.

    Price pressure pushes businesses toward transportation methods that use less or no fossil fuel, which becomes more competitive over time.

    Markets adapt. That’s how price signals work.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    Topped off the tanks yesterday. Since I mostly bike each tank lasts a month or more depending on how many times I have to shuttle kids.

    I’d love for gas to go to $10 a gallon. I5 would be a ghost town. No traffic, save the environment (kind of). Oh yeah!

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Except then you'll end up paying more for everything else too.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Good

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    A lot less good for my disabled ass but go off I guess.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I don't know why you are getting down voted. It is a harsh reality that yeah cars suck, but if there is a near instant harsh transition away from cars that will directly harm the more susceptible groups like disabled, elderly, and very low income families far far worse than the people who are the actual problem. I feel for you and hope you do alright in this shitty future.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    IMO People who are against cars should be advocating in support of real alternatives. Like well funded public transportation that working people can actually use and don't make the commute twice as long.

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