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The trick to lowering gas prices is driving less, US energy secretary says
(www.businessinsider.com)
Build trolleys and trains you fuckers
this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2026
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And bicycle infrastructure, please.
Then you wind up with this problem
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I bet the trick to lowering health care costs is to need health care less, too.
Aha! You've figured out their ingenuous strategy! /s
But seriously, what in the smooth-brained bullshit is this kind of logic?!
It's the same shit they did & still do with COVID-19 testing. 'If we do less tests, there will be less cases recorded! Problem solved!'
I save money on healthcare by spending 1/4 of my paycheck on health insurance and then absolutely never using it - hoping I cease existing if anything occurs.
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Sounds great! I look forward to your heavy federal investment into mass transit
(not like that)
Hope all the miserable assholes who voted for stopping electrification feel it in every part of them. I hope they have to give up on real, meaningful life dreams forever because they are now unaffordable. And I hope their houses specifically burn down in the wildfires the CO2 from their gasoline made so common.
I am beyond done with this gasoline bullshit.
Gas in my region is well over $5 a gallon I don't notice because we went from 2 cars to 1, and the one is an EV.
Meanwhile I STILL see these absolute morons buying huge gas suvs and trucks because.. They need to? Always have a bullshit excuse that's always easily debunked.
We are at $10.20/Galllon (2.30€/L) and I am so happy I do not need a car.
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Adds another lane: drive less!
Stops construction of another public transport project: Drive Less!!
Removes solar power and electric car subsidies: DRIVE Less!
Makes electric bikes illegal: DRIVE LESS!
(Party of freedom, btw)
If it were a dem saying this maga would be crying tyranny like they did with masks during covid.
I do hope they keep it up with the hubris cos that always goes well
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wright
In 2011, he founded Liberty Energy, then known as Liberty Oilfield Services.[15] As of February 2023, the company was valued at $2.8 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.[16] As the CEO of Liberty Energy, Wright earned $5.6 million in 2023.[11]
Despite Herculean efforts on his part, Chris Wright was ultimately unable to live up to voter expectations of delivering lower fuel prices.
US government evolution of transportation ideology
- Walking is for the poors and the idiots
- Cycling is for suicidal maniacs
- Public transit is big government and communism and you'll get mugged
- Cars are driving up gas prices
- ???
- PROFIT! (for the oil companies and the rest of the ruling class)
Well we would, if your stupid administration hadn't cut telework for feds.
Stupid stupid stupid.
“Let them eat cake”
Wait until he figures out that wfh is a great way to reduce driving
The fact that more employers haven't jumped at WFH is so telling. It's basically equivalent to an increase in salary, an improvement in employee work life balance, and a wider recruitment pool all wrapped into one without them actually having to do anything, except maybe spend LESS money on overhead.
It's something we could easily change to improve the lives of everyone and help the environment. I'm really disappointed we're not seeing more support for it.
Its because a massive amount of our real estate economy is propped up by artificially inflated office space which would kneecap a ton of corporate and REIT profits if they were to go down to actually affordable costs.
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If Dems said that before the '24 election, to eat less food and drive less to save money, everyone would go mad lol, but this magafool says it and they cool with it.
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Great suggestion! The US has great public transit /s… wait… no…
Rickyism 101: "supply and command... you need supply, I command you not to"
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I drive to and from dialysis three times per week, and to the occasional medical appointment. Which of those exactly should I be skipping?
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Right wing "solutions" to difficulties are always insincere, unreasonable nonsense like this.
Can't pay your bills? Eat less! Can't afford medical care? Shouldn't have been unhealthy! Gas prices killing you? Drive less! Depressed and burned out? Just be happy and work harder! You think billionaires are greedy? Well what charities are you giving to!? Tired of capitalist exploitation? Stop buying stuff and go live in the woods! You love immigrants? Well then let them all live in your home!
Victim blaming dressed up as rugged individualism. Meanwhile those actually responsible for the hardships get off scot-free.
BREAKING NEWS: World hunger finally stopped, thanks to US officials suggesting to just “eat more food, if you are hungry”.
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Guess I’ll stop going to work….hmm…maybe I can get some of those WFH days back now that I’m limited to 1 per week?
The trick to having less fascists in control is to eliminate fascists.
I don't understand why the generation that snacked on lead paint chips is allowed to be in charge of this country.
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They are also encouraging auto makers to lower gas mileage. Keep bragging how awesome oil company stocks, and dependant US allies, are thanks to Iran war.
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I mean, than they should provide good, affordable public transportation.
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Eating less will solve food prices a bit. Just not eating will solve it entirely. And sleeping outside under a bush or in a nice box solves your housing issues. With all your problems solved we'll be looking for you to work some longer hours.
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The broken clock strikes again.
Best way to lower energy prices is to vote out the republicans.
Driving less? The hell with that. I'm not going to drive at all. I'll be saving all the gas money!
Great, so who is going to force the RTO M-F bosses to at least let us be hybrid?
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