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You know I didn't think too much about the daily expense of gas since we drive relatively fuel efficient cars, but I looked up the mpg for some of the trucks and stuff near me and... How the fuck do people commute with mpgs as low as 12, sometimes?
Like, you shouldn't commute over an hour anyway, but at 60 miles one way, some cars burn 5 fucking gallons. This has gotta be wrecking his truck driving supporters.
I live in central TN. I'm a Miata guy and the cost is hurting my wallet but almost every other vehicle is a monster lifted truck with oversized tires etc. I have no idea how those guys with truck payments can afford gas.
You can really stretch the monthly payments with 7 year loans, nevermind that in the long term you overpay by a hideous margin.
A couple of years ago I got to see a guy shoehorn his person Ford F650 into a Starbucks parking lot. He was so proud of his massive waste of resources that he used daily for commuting and errands. It was utterly sickening with ow much he was excited to talk about how much he was wasting to "stick it to those horrible environmentalists".
The Ford F650 is generally reported to get about 6.75 mpg. Gas prices up? Fuck that asshole. He deserves it.
jesus put that oil in the ground for us to burn.
Well, the climate activists and net-zero army should be really excited now that gas prices are getting higher. No one would be able to afford it and we would get the zero-emissions goals they truly crave.
Gas will have to be high for a long time to make a difference with EVs here, especially with the huge level of protectionism. Since legacy automakers pretty much gave up on EVs and most new technology companies are blocked, pretty much all we have are Tesla and Hyundai/Kia. Hopefully Rivian can make it over the humo of mass production but you can’t really call them more than a niche so far
It's nice to have options but Rivian trucks are still gigantic. I want an electric pickup the same size as one of those little Nissans in the 80.
It's actually making a serious (at least short term) shift on EV sales in Germany. They're spiking hard right now.
Germany also legalized balcony based solar panels for grid connections. People are excited about lower energy bills, and even directly charging their own cars from their own solar panels.
All of the data shows that renewables are winning the economics in the market compared to carbon-based options. We just need to keep pushing so the rich people let us move faster.
In my red hat area, guys buy big fancy gas hog trucks mostly for show and to haul beer and dog food. They would never dream of hauling firewood in them - they have trailers for that.
I've seen people drive their daily commute with empty trailers still attached because they're too lazy to unhitch them. Then when they do unhitch them they always leave the hitch still attached.
Psychopath society.
he could walk up and pop all their tires and they would still blame Joe Biden and vote for trump again.
-His truck driving supporters, probably.
I'm a gearhead so my vehicles aren't all efficient, and I just see higher fuel prices as the cost of my hobby going up, which isn't good, but being a gearhead was already expensive. I'm sure these guys in oversized trucks feel feel similar.
That said, I also like cycling, have an electric skateboard, and use public transit when it makes sense, and I work from home, so the fuel prices don't really affect me as much as some. Now, if I had a 120 mile round-trip commute I'd ~~kms~~ get an EV or plugin hybrid or ride my motorcycle, only driving my fun cars on occasion.
Somehow it’s Obama’s fault.
they probably just blame biden to make themselves feel better about their decisions
Last time I had to drive a somewhat far away job for me. It was 30 miles. I had a not worse but not best mpg vehicle and had to fill up every week. I think that is fairly typical. trucks like that Im not sure you could get away with only twice a week. I mean maybe because I think the tanks are bigger but man then each fillup must be huge.