blitzen

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[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

5% fuel savings on an average vehicle driven an average number of miles at an average gasoline cost is $120 per year.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Perhaps this is a case where we’re misunderstanding each other (no doubt more so in my case.) I must be missing something because I don’t find the intent behind my response to be embarrassing, but I am open to the fact that it reads differently than I intended.

What I reject is that I need to be afraid of speaking up against Israel (or to the Zionists abroad) or to be afraid of the “anti-Semitic” label. To your point, there are reasons to be afraid, to be careful. But to me we must speak the truth despite those reasons. Part of that truth is undoubtedly that the Israeli government is empowered by the Christians in the US and in turn the US government.

I am NOT anti-Semitic, but I’m confident in my belief that calling out ANYONE (regardless of their religion) for their support of the Palestinian genocide is the right thing. If someone is to label that anti-Semitic I believe they are weaponizing that term.

May I ask pointedly, what specifically are you saying to be careful of?

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 85 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like what someone might make up who was retroactively making up reasons for commonly used terms.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 44 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

Third truth, it’s not just Israeli leaders who are promoting the violence against Palestine, and many of those that do use their Judaism as a shield against criticism.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

I appreciate you sharing your perspective. I’m largely committed to upgrading to 11s now, but can I ask did 10s require spreading or cold-setting the rear dropout spacing?

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (6 children)

If you can used to driving electric, I’m confident you could get used to a vehicle with start-stop.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Citation needed. What law specifies that?

It’s not literally illegal, at worst it may void your warranty.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

The picture used in this article is literally the button to turn the feature off.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 months ago (8 children)

You’d think the “gas is too expensive” crowd would welcome a 5% decrease.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

I’m all for making sure government spend (in the form of mileage credits) are proportional to fuel savings in reality.

I’m just not sure this government is unbiased here.

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