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snowdriftissue

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  • If you ditched your car, could you afford to leave the suburbs for a great urban neighborhood?

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  • Maybe i am out of touch because we own our car outright, but its not nearly that expensive for us. Even with a parking spot rental.

    Try adding in the cost of depreciation and it makes a lot more sense. I owned a used car for 10 years and didn't commute using it for most of that time, so it didn't even rack up that many miles. It still cost me over $500/month on average over that time period including depreciation, maintenance, gas, registration, and insurance. I'm sure it would be a lot more if I drove as much as the average american. Though I think the average is probably somewhat skewed towards the most expensive cars.

    Needless to say I am now happily car free. $500/month can buy me a very nice ebike, as well as more taxis or hourly car rentals than I need.

  • Americans ditch premium trims for entry-level cars as affordability takes a hit

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  • A Tesla illegally parked in the Chicago Avenue bus lane at 5pm. Chicago, Illinois.

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  • Maybe this car is from out of town

    Likely. Several states that don't require front plates border Illinois

  • A Tesla illegally parked in the Chicago Avenue bus lane at 5pm. Chicago, Illinois.

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  • Only 29 US states require a front plate

  • A Tesla illegally parked in the Chicago Avenue bus lane at 5pm. Chicago, Illinois.

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  • Chicago city policy is that 911 is the number to call if illegally parked cars are blocking traffic so they can send out a dispatch. Calling the police is literally the correct answer.

  • I want a phone I can actually fix, and Fairphone’s record growth shows the world does too

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  • Where does it say that specifically?

    See the row labeled "degoogling"

    According to e/os themselves, it is degoogled..

    Sorry but they are liars. The only truly degoogled android OSs are GrapheneOS and the experimental mobile linux ones.

    I really wish these alternative OSs were more truthful in how they portray themselves. They might not be terrible options for certain people and they might have good intentions but the dishonesty really leaves a bad taste in my mouth. There are so many who are misled.

  • The same rights

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  • Yeah for some reason many people's brains just turn off when it comes to anything related to cars. It kinda makes sense that people are irrationally attached to them given how they've forcibly become dependent on cars for their entire lives for the most basic shit. It has got to be one of the most successful examples of corporate propaganda out there.

  • I want a phone I can actually fix, and Fairphone’s record growth shows the world does too

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  • I want a phone I can actually fix, and Fairphone’s record growth shows the world does too

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  • By using /e/ os you are supporting google because /e/ os is not degoogled

  • I want a phone I can actually fix, and Fairphone’s record growth shows the world does too

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  • /e/ os is not degoogled

  • The same rights

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  • imagine how it would look like of 10% of cars ignored the traffic lights 😂

    Don't have to imagine. They fucking do. And 90% don't stop at stop signs. And many park illegally. And 99% of cars don't obey the speed limit. Despite the fact that cars kill millions annually, traffic laws are not enforced and disobeying them is normalized. People on bikes are not the problem here.

  • Airlines should tell UK customers the carbon impact of flights, watchdog says

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  • alternative means of mass transit would be the most effective policy.

    Why not both?

    between Houston and Dallas

    Isn't this article about UK?

  • Airlines should tell UK customers the carbon impact of flights, watchdog says

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  • Yeah a carbon tax would be much more effective. Policy that only informs consumers is generally not very impactful.

  • Vote with your dollar/ethical consumerism is not effective at bringing political or economic change

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  • Vote with your dollar/ethical consumerism is not effective at bringing political or economic change

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  • Vote with your dollar/ethical consumerism is not effective at bringing political or economic change

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  • what would you think about a vegan running around yelling, "meat is murder" and then sitting down to eat a bacon double cheeseburger?

    The hypocrisy argument really doesn't hold much water. Real "yet you participate in society. Curious!" energy. It is ok to advocate for systemic change while participating in an unethical society. I think it's more honest to acknowledge the limits of what your individual buying power can do. I'll read the article though. Cory Doctorow is great.

  • Vote with your dollar/ethical consumerism is not effective at bringing political or economic change

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  • This is a good point, it certainly seems to impact branding/how companies choose to present themselves.

  • Vote with your dollar/ethical consumerism is not effective at bringing political or economic change

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  • Sadly the alternative is accelerating everything bad. So it's up to those of us awake to the issue to do whatever we can.

    I guess I just don't think the only alternative is "ethical consumerism" and I don't think that will it ever create any significant change given how difficult it is to do well (if such a thing is even possible) and how few people realistically will ever engage with it to begin with. There are lots of methods of resistance, many of which have been shown to create real systemic change in the past and in my opinion are far more worth your time money and effort, including:

    • Participating in boycotts that are well-organized with specific actionable demands
    • Labor movements/union power
    • Donating to political orgs fighting for systemic change
    • Voting for direct democratic initiatives that push policy forward
    • Moving from for profit solutions to community built ones, buy nothing groups, mutual aid, etc.

    Maybe we will just have to agree to disagree

  • Vote with your dollar/ethical consumerism is not effective at bringing political or economic change

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  • But this just lends to my point that it's ridiculous to expect average consumers who are just trying to survive to juggle all of these things that they can't easily see and which business owners have a direct incentive to hide. There's a reason that ethical consumerism hasn't worked.