Fuck Cars @lemmy.ml mondoman712 @lemmy.ml 4mo ago

Study Finds More Americans Commuting To Work Splattered On Grill Of F-150

www.theonion.com Study Finds More Americans Commuting To Work Splattered On Grill Of F-150

WASHINGTON—In a trend that is reducing the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels by curtailing the total number of cars on the road, a study released Thursday by the Transportation Department found that more Americans than ever are commuting to work splattered on the grill of a Ford F-150. “Increasing...

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I was very confused by the headline. I legitimately could not understand what it was saying. Then I saw the website.
- honestly it might be feasible it's not like the driver could see that there is a stowaway
  
  That's true. Those trucks are huge.
I can't believe gas prices are only $3/gallon. That needs to be at least $20/gallon to make any dent in this climate catastrophe

Where's the party that is running on a platform of gradually increasing the gas prices to $99/gallon and beyond?
- Yes, punish us poor people who have no other option than to commute instead of the mega-corporstions. Good thinking.
  
  Car dependency punishes poor people. The solution is viable alternatives, for which having fewer cars is often very beneficial.
  
  You have bikes and busses. Everyone does.
  
  Of course the increase tax on carbon would directly fund giving poor people free bus tickets and bicycle maintenance
- We're trying that in Canada right now, and it's making a lot of people very angry.
  
  Those people are ignorant and wrong, but they're loud enough that even parties on the left are saying "maybe we should try something else."
  
  It is really interesting to think about how we built our entire society around gas being insanely cheap. You can buy a gallon of it for $3, which is as much as you would pay for a large cup of coffee in most places, something which we have essentially an infinite supply of.
  
  World yearly oil consumption (2021): 35,442,913,090 barrels (42 US gal)
  
  World coffee production (2022): 175.35 million (60kg bags)
  
  It's not even close. lol
- Winning elections in your imagination.
I've had to drive to work lately and there have been two f150s, a Silverado, an avalanche, and an escalade taking up all the unmarked parking space, with just barely not enough space for my car between them. When I biked these were never there and I don't know what we did to piss off the neighbors so bad that they would do this to me.
- When I biked
  
  Don't know what we did to piss off the neighbors
  
  Answered your own question.
  
  How dare those cyclists use the roads. They don't even pay the taxes for them. They should need a lisence and insurance. What if a cyclist hits my truck? And why do they get to park by the sidewalk and entrances, that space could be used for more parking spots.
Means you can use the carpool lane.
Ate the onion?
- No I posted a funny onion article

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