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US Energy Secretary says Americans have to drive less if they want lower gas prices (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 70 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Also we'll need you to return to office, get out there and support the failing restaurants, get your kids to school, take weekend trips to stimulate the economy, and NO MONEY FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT.

If you could go ahead and do all that while driving less, yeaahh that'd be greeaatt. Incredible no one else thought of this. He's not disconnected from reality at all.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 10 points 4 days ago

All this time we were thinking it was a complicated mess created by reliance on the car and truck infrastructure and suburban sprawl growth over decades, and this guy comes along and just spits the simple truth. Where was he before, he could have saved so much energy. Genius.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 58 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Too bad the entire fucking country is built with 1 mode of transportation in mind.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 3 points 4 days ago

Gove elon musk 100 billion dollars to solve this problem? Got it.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

a very inefficient i might add, and prone to collisions.

[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago

Keep that in mind, truckers. Don’t drive as much and so far.

[–] Fossy@programming.dev 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

He is not completely wrong. He is just an asshole.

Chris Wright owns one the largest oil company in Colorado

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/15/fracking-company-energy-tax-liberty-00872841

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 10 points 4 days ago

The secretary of energy owns an oil company and apparently that's not a blatant conflict of interests?

Somehow I'm not surprised at all.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

US Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright can get you a toe by this afternoon with nail polish.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Fuck the toe!

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days ago

To be honest, the toenail polish is the easy part.

[–] smeg@infosec.pub 24 points 4 days ago

Too bad America has invested nothing into viable alternatives to driving.

[–] bowsertattoo@piefed.social 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

so fund transit

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 2 points 4 days ago

Not like that

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 days ago

Meanwhile, data centers:

jet engine generator

[–] XOXOX@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

“Drive your emotional support vehicle less.”

[–] nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago

Doubt they supported wfh though.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Most sane thing this administration has ever said.

[–] Kwiila@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 days ago

Every other thing they say is sane, out of context.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Or...hear me out:

The MAGA Administration could be less VIRTUOSICALLY INCOMPETENT!

[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oil company profits are up. Have you seen the DOW

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 4 days ago

Yes, but have you seen the oil?

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

This Lemmy poster says Trump and his sicophants have to stay home more if they don't want to be [REDACTED]

[–] Octavio@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago

Well this fucking moron finally gets something right. Who's gonna run it by MAGA?

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago

Maybe if we just worked a little more:

And if we chose to live closer to work: