Canaii@lemmy.zip to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoWhat happens if oil hits $200 a barrel? Alberta or Texas will be fine. But economies that don't produce oil are screwed. Especially those that depend on cars. www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down18
arrow-up1183arrow-down1external-linkWhat happens if oil hits $200 a barrel? Alberta or Texas will be fine. But economies that don't produce oil are screwed. Especially those that depend on cars. www.theatlantic.comCanaii@lemmy.zip to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareqevlarr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down2·2 months agoThen why did they make themselves so dependent on oil? We have alternatives but decided to be lazy. Aesop’s fable
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoAny time someone suggests “lazy” or “stupid” as a hypothesis to absolutely anything, it means they don’t understand something very important.
minus-squareqevlarr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoFair enough, I blame conservatism
minus-squareHanrahan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-22 months ago Any time someone suggests “lazy” or “stupid” as a hypothesis to absolutely anything, it means they don’t understand something very important. Really ? like these “idiots” ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXfFACs24zU “Maybe we’re sufficiently stupid that we won’t exist beyond this century” - Professor Brian Cox “Greed and stupidity are what will end the human race” - Stephen Hawking https://nassimtaleb.org/tag/basic-laws-of-human-stupidity/
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIdk man but my car runs on electric
Then why did they make themselves so dependent on oil? We have alternatives but decided to be lazy. Aesop’s fable
Any time someone suggests “lazy” or “stupid” as a hypothesis to absolutely anything, it means they don’t understand something very important.
Fair enough, I blame conservatism
Really ? like these “idiots” ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXfFACs24zU
“Maybe we’re sufficiently stupid that we won’t exist beyond this century” - Professor Brian Cox
“Greed and stupidity are what will end the human race” - Stephen Hawking
https://nassimtaleb.org/tag/basic-laws-of-human-stupidity/
Idk man but my car runs on electric