Nationally, gasoline prices are averaging more than $4 a gallon. That’s not an all-time record, but it’s up sharply from just over a month ago, and the rapid change has left many car owners reeling … but unwilling, or unable, to give up on driving. Americans have been logging more miles since the war with Iran started, according to the analytics company Arity, which tracks driving habits…
Another option, of course, is to pursue alternatives to driving.
Living someplace with usable mass transit is pretty nice.
Gas is too cheap relative to its real costs anyway.
Still only $5.60 or so a gallon. I’m still holding out hope for $10+ a gallon.
Yeah, fuck poor people!
Poor people should demand for better public transport because owning a car is very much a costly asset, from purchasing to maintenance to daily usage. At this point demanding for anything other than a good public transport definitely are asking to be fucked.
All people, but yes. Also more bike infrastructure.
there’s alternatives to driving, even for those that are financially struggling. crazy, right?
Not for many
Cycling is just cheaper than a car. Walking too. Some of us have to because we don’t have any other choice
not with that mindset, no.
Can’t really be that poor if you can afford to drive a car, for a long time I only had enough to ride a bike and pretty sure my bike was older than most cars on the road.
It’s nice that you turned poverty into a contest
Its more that I have seen for over a decade now “think of the poor” often used to talk about things I couldn’t even dream of being able to afford in the first place. Its as if people only care about poverty when it is convenient to them. I am pretty sure that the disabled get the same treatment. Disabled people need cars! Ignoring the fact that some are disabled because of cars, or completely unable to drive because of their disability while being able to walk/cycle or take the tram if those options are available and safe to use.
When the cost of living became popular I saw a lot of “I make <8x my income> and am struggling to afford food” on TV from middle class people, at the time it felt very much like no one gave a shit about the poor until they were also struggling to afford what I had always considered to be a luxury. To them food was now £150 a week, to me it was £20 a week largely comprised of things like fried onions and beans, rice, potatoes and various other root vegetables.
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its not a contest, I also rode a bike when I couldnt afford a car. 8+ years I had a license but no car. The worst was when I rode 8miles to work each morning, but the best was going grocery shopping with a five minute ride and a backpack, and going to friends houses this way. Had a car a few years when I lived rurally, and beater cars were stull under a grand. Back to no car now, again, because poverty.
Do you know how feeing it is to not have to depend on a car to go places? No insurance, no registration, no gas fee.
Was $1.25 to slap my bike on the front of the bus and go nearly anywhere outside range.
freeing.
no contest
In the words of Freddy Mercury: Bicycle, Bicycle 🎶
People are using ebikes q bit more right now. If it gets to 6-7 a gallon we will see more drastic changes.
A month ago it was 3-4 to give some perspective.
6-7
Guys! He did the thing! Hey guys!
Work from home, live next door to McDonald’s
It’s definitely something a lot of people are dealing with right now. Fuel prices seem to fluctuate a lot, so I guess everyone is looking for ways to cut costs, whether that’s driving less or considering alternatives. It’s not an easy situation for people who rely on their cars daily
