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.
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.
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
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.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/02/fully-electric-10000-ton-container-ship-begun-service50000-kwh-batteries/
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.