Try it sometime. Being poor saddles people with so many extra burdens, what’s one more right? Fuel has never been an “ignorable expense.”
Lots of this demographic rely on tools and supplies to perform their jobs. How would that work with carpools, bike and transit? It simply doesn’t.
I had a contractor call up 2 weeks go and tell me he couldn’t fix a problem simply because he couldn’t afford the gas to my site. He’s a great guy we’ve used for years.
I have been poor, most if my life, and I stand by it.
Your contractor? You’re thinking about gas, and your contractor is. Good. We should be thinking of gas as this wildly volatile thing that can completely upend life on the whim of giant corporations, and thinking of using alternatives.
I think of gas as a necessary thing that I need to buy to get somewhere. I’d LOVE to have an EV or a hybrid but they cost more money than I can spend on a car. The cheapest used hybrid here is 5 times what I paid for my current very reliable diesel.
My parents recently saw this when buying a new car. My mother really only drives within a 30 minute radius of home, not far. Fuel-wise, an EV would be perfect for her. But even a used hybrid was outside of the price range they could spend. So used gas engine it is.
Long term they’ll be paying more because they couldn’t handle the up front cost for the better option. What was that bit about good boots from Discworld again?
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But also good?
Try it sometime. Being poor saddles people with so many extra burdens, what’s one more right? Fuel has never been an “ignorable expense.”
Lots of this demographic rely on tools and supplies to perform their jobs. How would that work with carpools, bike and transit? It simply doesn’t.
I had a contractor call up 2 weeks go and tell me he couldn’t fix a problem simply because he couldn’t afford the gas to my site. He’s a great guy we’ve used for years.
I have been poor, most if my life, and I stand by it.
Your contractor? You’re thinking about gas, and your contractor is. Good. We should be thinking of gas as this wildly volatile thing that can completely upend life on the whim of giant corporations, and thinking of using alternatives.
I think of gas as a necessary thing that I need to buy to get somewhere. I’d LOVE to have an EV or a hybrid but they cost more money than I can spend on a car. The cheapest used hybrid here is 5 times what I paid for my current very reliable diesel.
My parents recently saw this when buying a new car. My mother really only drives within a 30 minute radius of home, not far. Fuel-wise, an EV would be perfect for her. But even a used hybrid was outside of the price range they could spend. So used gas engine it is.
Long term they’ll be paying more because they couldn’t handle the up front cost for the better option. What was that bit about good boots from Discworld again?