Canaii@lemmy.zip to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoWhat happens if oil hits $200 a barrel? Alberta or Texas will be fine. But economies that don't produce oil are screwed. Especially those that depend on cars. www.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square67linkfedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down110
arrow-up1225arrow-down1external-linkWhat happens if oil hits $200 a barrel? Alberta or Texas will be fine. But economies that don't produce oil are screwed. Especially those that depend on cars. www.theatlantic.comCanaii@lemmy.zip to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square67linkfedilink
minus-squareqevlarr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down2·2 months agoThen why did they make themselves so dependent on oil? We have alternatives but decided to be lazy. Aesop’s fable
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoAny time someone suggests “lazy” or “stupid” as a hypothesis, it means they don’t understand something very important.
minus-squareHanrahan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-22 months ago Any time someone suggests “lazy” or “stupid” as a hypothesis to absolutely anything, it means they don’t understand something very important. Really ? like these “idiots” ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXfFACs24zU “Maybe we’re sufficiently stupid that we won’t exist beyond this century” - Professor Brian Cox “Greed and stupidity are what will end the human race” - Stephen Hawking https://nassimtaleb.org/tag/basic-laws-of-human-stupidity/
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoWhat special insight are you suggesting Hawking had about the future of the human race? This is exactly the kind of nothing hypothesis I’m talking about, yes.
minus-squareqevlarr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoFair enough, I blame conservatism
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIdk man but my car runs on electric
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNot everyone has a fully formed penis. Some men need a V8 pickup for medical reasons.
Then why did they make themselves so dependent on oil? We have alternatives but decided to be lazy. Aesop’s fable
Any time someone suggests “lazy” or “stupid” as a hypothesis, it means they don’t understand something very important.
Really ? like these “idiots” ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXfFACs24zU
“Maybe we’re sufficiently stupid that we won’t exist beyond this century” - Professor Brian Cox
“Greed and stupidity are what will end the human race” - Stephen Hawking
https://nassimtaleb.org/tag/basic-laws-of-human-stupidity/
What special insight are you suggesting Hawking had about the future of the human race? This is exactly the kind of nothing hypothesis I’m talking about, yes.
Fair enough, I blame conservatism
Idk man but my car runs on electric
Not everyone has a fully formed penis. Some men need a V8 pickup for medical reasons.