• 🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    But this project isn’t an indication of being addicted to gas.

    Said addiction is a national issue, not a personal one. No American is like “I haven’t burned fuel in 5 days, I have to go on a drive!!!”.

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      4 days ago

      Sure is. It shows the tendency to still keep going with gasoline, but at a lower level when driving a gas-powered car becomes economically infeasible. The guy could have taken a bus or ridden a bicycle instead.

      Just because they’re not literally having literal withdrawal symptoms on a personal level doesn’t mean it doesn’t symbolise the nation’s mindset as a whole.