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by thatfrenchguy 1691 days ago
Yeah but when petrol taxes are high, people buy more efficient cars. Super obvious if you look at a street in France versus in the United States, where so many poor people have 20mpg cars.
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Indian poor people have to choose between food and Medicine.

I assure you they don't own cars with low mileage.

We've gone down in rankings for Hunger for Christ's sake. There is actual penury here.

Even German poor people can’t afford a nice efficient car. All they can get is a 2000 euros beater from the early 2000s.

This electric vehicle/expensive fuel trend will fuck poor people in every country.