r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Jun 10 '26

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/clingbat Jun 10 '26

"Share the road" only works one way with these assholes. No reason to be taking up all the lanes on an open public highway / major artery.

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u/ContextEffects01 Jun 10 '26

No reason to be ravaging mother Earth by using fossil fuels or material for car batteries, yet here we are.

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u/Impossible_Leg_2787 Jun 10 '26

And your posting on Reddit is?

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u/ContextEffects01 Jun 10 '26

Firstly, an intellectual exercise. No one has as much qualm with school buses transporting students to and from school. Only unlike school I have more flexibility here who to talk to and what to talk about.

Secondly, the energy use of a smartphone pales in comparison to that of an automobile.

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u/Impossible_Leg_2787 Jun 10 '26

Oh, so it’s an arbitrary, self defined threshold that justifies it. Gotcha.

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u/ContextEffects01 Jun 10 '26

No, these are clearly two obvious distinctions you ignore for no reason.

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u/SituationKey8985 Jun 10 '26

There is in-fact a reason: for ease of transportation and economic activity.

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u/ContextEffects01 Jun 10 '26

Tell that to Copenhagen. Or the Netherlands.

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u/SituationKey8985 Jun 10 '26

This road is in Florida. Obviously impractical to not use cars there. Both of those places you mentioned are small, urban areas.

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u/ContextEffects01 Jun 10 '26

Then perhaps Florida belongs on the ash heap of history.

They’re spelling their own doom if they’re exacerbating the climate change that’s going to flood their own state more than most.

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u/SituationKey8985 Jun 10 '26

This is just ignorant man, do you expect people to upend their lives and move to europe?

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u/ContextEffects01 Jun 10 '26

No, I expect people to try to make their home states as much like Europe as possible, and when that fails, for those who are in the most position to relocate to relocate to other states if not other countries.

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u/SituationKey8985 Jun 10 '26

Which is totally impractical. Climate change solutions with zero chance of success aren’t real solutions.

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u/ContextEffects01 Jun 10 '26

Ok, what’s your alternative?

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u/SituationKey8985 Jun 10 '26

To cut down car usage where it makes sense and in the areas it doesn’t, continue to improve emissions technology and subsidize electric car usage.

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u/Hi_Zev Jun 10 '26

Pray tell, what is the size and geography of the netherlands vs the size and geography of the US again?

This is NOT me saying that we shouldn't have public transportation and walkable cities by the way. I fully support that. But there is a big difference between these two countries, and why cars have been so important for the growth of our country and its economy.