Canaii@lemmy.zip to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month 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-square67fedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down111
arrow-up1223arrow-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-21 month agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareqevlarr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down2·1 month 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-21 month agoAny time someone suggests “lazy” or “stupid” as a hypothesis, it means they don’t understand something very important.
minus-squareHanrahan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-21 month 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-21 month 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-up6·1 month agoFair enough, I blame conservatism
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoIdk man but my car runs on electric
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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.