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Re:What You Can Do About Climate Change by jcoffland on Sunday March 26, 2017 @04:33PM (#13963104)
Not driving is always an option. What if fuel cost $10,000 a gallon? Would you still drive? No, you'd figure something else out. You would convince your boss to let you telecommute, you'd take the train, bike or walk. Or you would find another job.
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Re:What You Can Do About Climate Change by ThomPete on Sunday March 26, 2017 @04:58PM (#13963260)
thats the thing though fuel would never be regulated to cost $10k a gallon the economy would get killed along with the political careers of those who voted it through.
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Re:What You Can Do About Climate Change by jcoffland on Monday March 27, 2017 @03:24AM (#13965774)
That's not the point. Cars are optional. The question is, is giving them up worth the cost?
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Re:What You Can Do About Climate Change by ThomPete on Monday March 27, 2017 @07:03AM (#13966644)
Cars are not optional for most people. They dont just buy them for fun, especially not in china, india and large part of europe. So the answer is no its not worth the cost.
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Re:What You Can Do About Climate Change by jcoffland on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @12:19AM (#13974042)
And if the cost is that the planet is going to heat up like Venus within the next 100 years?
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