I drive like 40 miles a week max on average. I won’t really be impacted by rising gas prices. MAGAts on the other hand, tend to drive quite a bit, and own cars with shitty gas mileage. I hope they have the day they voted for. I also hope they drown to death in 2 inches of water
Does everything else you buy get delivered to the shops by cargo bike?
You may not pay for it at the pump, but I guarantee you’re still paying.
Even when gas prices don’t go up, companies still raise prices arbitrarily to boost shareholder profits. The excuse may be different now, but they were always going to raise prices
You’re confusing what is for what could be. And that “could be” could be implemented quite rapidly in an emergency situation.
I think people moving to EVs is great, but if you absolutely need to get a car, the more economical and environmentally friendly option is to purchase a second hand vehicle regardless if it’s electric or petrol based. Everyone suddenly switching to an EV would cause a catastrophic amount of waste to accrue. Second hand evs are also more expensive than second hand petrol cars AND are more likely to have problems. EV adoption will be gradual, but punishing the struggling working class for daring to use what they can afford AND not throwing working vehicles into the trash is pretty ignorant in my opinion.
We will be facing extinction by the end of the century if we don’t stop putting greenhouse gases into the stratosphere today.
Oil is one of those “have to have” things for most people. Fixed demand + reduced supply = pure profit for those who sell it, and that’s about it. And not even a productive kind; it’s kinda a wealth transfer without any actual change in what’s being traded.
Why?
Because of climate change and my hatred of breathing in diesel fumes when a truck passes by. I want to see more efficient electric vehicles. With gas prices high the alternative becomes more viable, and it exposes how volatile fossil fuels are.
I agree, but expecting change in the next 6 months, maybe up to five years, is unrealistic, particularly under a government that actively encourages the use of fossil fuels.
You can throw up a bike lane in a few hours with nothing but a few traffic cones. This isn’t something that takes years to implement if there’s actually political will to do so.
Its not just america paying more for oil. Countries world wide will experience this and future volatility. It could be a tipping point for some to take alternative energy and transportation more seriously.
This situation is making oil more profitable for the other countries that produce it. Coincidentally, that includes the USA who started this mess, and who also kidnapped the leader of another oil producing country a couple months ago.
Climate change is a producer problem, and this price increase only hurts consumers.
Not a lot of massive cargo ships are gonna stop using bunker fuel in favour of turning electric. And that’s just one example.
Well, we’re either going to have to find a way, or we’re all dead. So maybe higher gas prices are a small price to pay for the literal salvation of the species.
It will happen over time, especially with higher oil prices.
Thankfully I can drive on E85 so I’m not that affected by the price hike. I would love to switch to electric. But can’t afford it. Maybe when the cars come down do 20-30k, then I could start thinking about it
Look at the used market! Plenty of EV’s in that price range. For instance: https://www.cars.com/vehicle/153a974c-1ea1-4a76-892e-31032334d488/
All the research and real world usage has shown that EV’s generally last well over 100K miles so you’ll get a lot of usage out of a used EV.
The problem is Oil is bad but just you start using EV cause all other essential things come via transport methods which use Oil, so the price there increases a hell lot which affects everyone.
Consumerism…. My family is the same as every other, with SO MUCH CRAP that our house is fucking full. My wife likes to shop but I’m always the “where are we going to put that” police. Buying less crap won’t kill most Americans.
I’m with you. We must switch away from fossil fuels, it’s more important than anything. Every little bit helps. If we don’t, we’re boiling ourselves alive on the only planet we have. Think about agriculture fucked up globally, climate shocks, extreme weather, biodiversity collapse, the cost of that is orders of magnitude higher
Respect, climate change is something that capitalism is shit at measuring, so the best we can hope for is that the dirty behaviors that damage our environment become very expensive.
“… When oil prices go up, we make a lot of money.” -The Guy, who OP obviously is.
Nope, just an EV owner tired of breathing in diesel fumes.
I’m hoping for $200 a barrel
I think over $100 is enough to force people to pay attention.
We’ve got oil heating, as we live in an old house in rural Scotland. A tank of oil cost £1100 last month and would last about 5 months. It’s now nearly 3 times that. If it doesn’t go down again I won’t be able to afford to heat our house.
