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[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good! Make it $1000 a fucking barrel! Any developed nation who genuinely cares about the health of their economy will be highly motivated to get all the way off of oil.

It's been fluctuating in and out of triple digits for many years now. The price is manupulated by those who profit the most. Never so high that we panic away from oil, but always high enough for record profits. Fuck oil.

[-] Blackout@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago

I want it $1000 a barrel just because of all the train lines it would build. The first time I saw gas get over $5 I was in LA and they very quickly approved the new extensions people are enjoying today.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Exactly. We don't ever seem to progress without extreme motivation.

[-] LUHG_HANI@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile in the UK we have to suffer with privatised Railways. Scum cunts, and that is because the older generation decided they didn't want to pay tax towards it. Imagine having to pay £100 to go 300 miles on a train. Should be 20% of that.

[-] Mellibird@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As much as I would absolutely love us shifting from fossil fuels, it also needs to be practical. Suddenly increasing the price of gas doesn't work for rural areas like the one I live in where your car is immensely important to you being able to get to the store or your job and we're not in areas that public transport would be considered due to how small and spread out the towns are. And a lot of us don't have the option to move closer to the cities and the transit opportunities either due to our jobs or just the cost of living required for the city versus our rural homes. We NEED to start working on infrastructure that doesn't only have large cities in mind, but also us on the outskirts of the city or the rural communities will become even poorer than they are now when they have to pay a small fortune just to travel to the store or their jobs.

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