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We could of course get off of fossil fuels entirely; that would eliminate the need for this kind of war and the consequent crises that follow.
Someone convince the bosses who make you pay for your own commute, then we can talk.
Average American: Great idea! (Goes on with life with no changes)
Most of Rest of World: Y’all are why we can’t have nice things.
You say that like the majority of us have a choice to WFH anymore.
Some still do. Besides, I was t just remarking on the WFH aspect. I’ve known plenty of people, and admittedly been one of the more than once, who talk a good game but wind up making the selfish choices. Sometimes for good reasons, sometimes not.
Plus, I was being somewhat tongue in cheek. Felt like that was obvious. Sorry for omitting the /s
I’m all for it. Let’s all cut back, invest in batteries and solar panels, and go off the grid.
We just moved out of the US, and we were planning on buying a car in our new home, but we might just do a couple of e-bikes instead. Especially considering our new home gets the majority of its oil via the straight of Hormuz.
I’m already shopping for solar panels.
I’ve been 100% off grid for almost a year now.
36kW solar system and just under 100kWh battery setup.
It’s been lovely.
I generally remcommend staying grid-attached. Wind is only really cost-effective when done with quite large turbines, and the addition of both wind and the ability to take advantage of distant sunshine mean far less storage is needed to achieve the kind of reliability people are used to.
Or… we can go further with fossil fuels till oil breaks the roof, reaches the $200 mark and we do the green transition the painful way.
This is what’s gonna happen, right?
Probably. Drivers generally won’t tolerate going slower to save fuel. They become irrationally mad instead.
NGL, mandatory WFH would probably boost support for the war by a few percentage points.
I thought this said IKEA at first and was very confused.
