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Valuy@lemmy.zip to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 5 days ago

High gas prices drive Georgia man to create a "mini car" costing about $3 to fill up

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High gas prices drive Georgia man to create a "mini car" costing about $3 to fill up

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Valuy@lemmy.zip to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 5 days ago
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    Americans will do literally anything to continue burning fossil fuels.

    Electric carts have existed for decades, and don’t cause noise or air pollution.

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      Most people don’t have a spare electric drivetrain in their garage, though.

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        Do you think most have a gocart?

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          No, but most in suburban America have a gas powered lawnmower

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            A lot have gone electric the last decade actually.

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              Might just have the old gas powered one laying around then.

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              I have a human-powered one. Cuts just as well, and lawn-mowing days are leg day

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                Put that engine in your car and every day can be leg day. Call yourself Fredrick Flinstone.

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      We can’t afford new cars. I mean some can but most of us buy what’s barely affordable.

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          Good for 3-8 year olds that’s because of a weight limit of 70 pounds.

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          Unfortunately, those are not street legal in my state.

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            The pink Barbie car isn’t street legal either

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              Depends on what state. Pretty much anything that moves is legal in west Virginia.

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      Electric cars do cause air pollution. A lot of the pollution cars produce is from tyre dust.

      The funny thing about this article is that small cars have existed since forever but Americans always go for the larger, for inefficient cars.

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        So was the first horse

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          So was the first avenue

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            Was the first boogaloo electric too?

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            And the second Breakin’.

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