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by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 409 days ago
If gasoline was sold for a fair price, cars would be reduced to a novelty within a generation
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You should go to the third world and see how much cheaper gas is there.

A lot of third world countries exist almost entierly off of gas subsidies from the government. Go look at what Libyans paid per liter of gas during the Gadaffi years.

Americans already pay a "fair price". No, no one in the world properly accounts for "externalities" of consumption.

Is it so wrong that we elect politicians to preserve our desired lifestyle?
The amount of conversation around this is testament it's not everyone's desired lifestyle.