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Oil prices have risen. That's making gas more expensive for US drivers and helping Russia's war (apnews.com)

submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] ampersandrew@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Sure, but if people are moving away from one thing and "hopefully toward" something, I'd hope it's toward a situation where they don't need a car at all. I think electric bikes and those electric scooters could be a revolution for transportation in this country, seeing as they're great for making those less than 3 mile trips that make up half of all trips made by car (and if you expand that out to 6 miles, you're at almost 70% of trips made by car). So maybe you don't live in a huge dense city, but if you live within a few miles of everything you need, you could get this super cheap and efficient electric vehicle instead of a car, or at least downsize from a two-car household to a one-car household.