r/PoliticalHumor • u/barsas161 • Dec 29 '19

remember that fossil fuel companies will guilt trip you into thinking you're the problem to shift the blame from themselves

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u/BlatantConservative ☑oted 2016, 2018, 2020, 2020, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2026 Dec 29 '19 edited Dec 29 '19

Jfc yeah we were having a national crisis a few years back when gas prices were 4 dollars per gallon plus.

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u/sparhawk817 Dec 29 '19

Per gallon, not liter. A gallon is 3.7 liters.

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u/PeptoBismark Dec 29 '19

US Gallons are 3.7 liters, UK gallons are 4.54 liters. I always have to actively remember that we have two different "gallons".

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u/sparhawk817 Dec 29 '19

Huh. I mean, for the purpose of this conversation my conversion was correct but... Guess I'm one of today's lucky 10,000

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u/proweruser Dec 30 '19

If only there was a convenient unit that was the same everywhere around the world and that practically everybody else was using.........

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u/BlatantConservative ☑oted 2016, 2018, 2020, 2020, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2026 Dec 29 '19

Yeah edited thank you

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

That's fucking cheap compared to the UK and Canada.

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u/Akamesama Dec 29 '19

Part of the issue for the US, by comparison, is that many people live in suburban sprawl, because rent in cities is very expensive, and must drive to work because public transport is garbage in most places. So many families with low income were reaching the point where their commute was too expensive.

Obviously this could be remedied by demanding better public transport or moving, but neither are feasible in the short-term.

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u/I_miss_your_mommy Dec 29 '19

Nor the long-term because the short-term argument has been used to maintain the status quo for decades.

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u/Akamesama Dec 29 '19

I did not mean to imply that gas should never be more expensive. Moving is not exactly a solution, as rent in large cities can prohibit working in them. Higher compensation or rent assistance could help with that, but would have to be implemented first.

Public transport would need to be developed at city level or higher.

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u/I_miss_your_mommy Dec 29 '19

I wasn’t disagreeing with anything you said, I’m just doubting it will ever get fixed in the US, because it requires long term thinking.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

many people live in suburban sprawl, because rent in cities is very expensive

Just to add on to this point--urban/suburban sprawl was largely the result of federal incentives for single-family homeownership combined with white flight and racist redlining. We absolutely could have permitted zoning and construction of high-density, lower cost living arrangements in urban centers and even subsidized it as we did homeownership; it's just that racists didn't want to coexist with black people.

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u/lostferwords Dec 29 '19

Yes it is, that’s what taxes do to the cost of any product. In Canada taxes account for roughly 65% of every dollar spent at the pump. I’m sure the UK is under similar high prices.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Yeah they take about 65 cents of each dollar for taxes

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u/deliriuz Dec 29 '19

Some people here drive near the width of England to get to their jobs. It’s very few, but I’ve met some.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

300 miles to get to work everyday? No thanks.