• jasondj@ttrpg.network
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    1 year ago

    Personally I think gas is still too cheap.

    Gas should be prohibitively expensive. It’s price should reflect its impact.

    Unfortunately this would crumble the entire US and possibly western economy. It works in most of the rest of the world because the commutes are smaller and the alternative transit is plentiful.

    • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Yeah, we need to build the infrastructure.

      Or let me correct that: Rebuild the infrastructure.

      Even here in lowly South Dakota where I live, there was once a network of buses and trains that traveled between even small towns. That was all abandoned to appease the automotive gods.

      • TheSaus@lemmy.fmhy.net
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        1 year ago

        Manitoba Canada used to have a decent train network from what i can tell, and now it just has nothing outside of Winnipeg