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The trick to lowering gas prices is driving less, US energy secretary says (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] 15 points 2 months ago (10 children)

I drive to and from dialysis three times per week, and to the occasional medical appointment. Which of those exactly should I be skipping?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    How long without dialysis before you don't use any gasoline at all?

    Remember the anti-COVID vaccination push?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Thank you for the giggle, lol. I'm actually not sure, but there was a lady who became convinced doctors were lying to her and I believe it took a couple of months before she died. So… a couple of months?

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  • [+] -9 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    You could skip all of them if you take a bus /train/bike. This is of course if you have the option. I don't know your situation.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    of course if you have the option.

    And there is the root of the problem.

    Those options are increasingly not available in American cities

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Nor are they available to disabled people. But people like @Michal@programming.dev think they have the whole world figured out because they have the privilege to do so.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    In some ways, it was worse - when I lived in the same city as the dialysis place, before I was driving again, I took paratransit. Although it's a "shared ride" and sometimes I'd actually have a fellow passenger, most of the time it was just me in the van. heh.

    (Although I know for a fact that during "rush hour" they would sometimes have entire groups going close enough to need a van)

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Oof. It would be hilarious to try and take the bus to the Amtrak station in the city in which I live, go up one station to the city in which the dialysis center is located, take the bus to dialysis, have my dialysis, then go back. I'm not sure I could do that in a single day. Certainly not my chair time of 6:00am. But let's see:

    Well, alright. Actually, Amtrak ticket would be $11, which is not bad. And while the ride would be 4:21am-4:20am, I wouldn't be able to get a bus until 6:00, getting to dialysis 25 minutes late.

    The first obstacle is that I would have to leave my apartment for the Amtrak station at 11:30pm the previous day, as service doesn't run in the middle of the night.

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