• pedz@lemmy.ca
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    21 hours ago

    The lesson here is clear. Only kill and kidnap (or hang) people from other oil producing countries when you can get away with it.

    Nobody cares about a few hundred thousand dead civilians every few decades as long as gas is cheap. But the moment gas gets more expensive, maybe war is not such a good idea after all.

    And here are some other tricks to save on gas. Try not driving a vehicle the size of a tank. Or even consider crazy ideas like using electricity to power your vehicle, even if it emasculates some alpha males. In fact, it’s also possible sometimes to walk or even use a bicycle!

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        11 hours ago

        If you still want to annoy everyone around with noise, just get an electric car from Hyundai. Their pedestrian warning system is so loud that I can hear them better than gas burning cars when I have the windows open.

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          8 hours ago

          Really? Wow.

          Someone noted ev would’ve been a good chance to regulate / minimize the strain on the public. But oh well…

          (just to be clear the noise part was sarcastic in the previous post)

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            6 hours ago

            Unfortunately, yes. I live in a tower on a busy four lane artery. There is a traffic light just in front of the building and when the windows are open I can hear some electric cars, like Hyundai, when they are going at low speed. Here is what they sound like. I can hear others and I’m slowly beginning to recognize what brand they are just by the noise, but an electric Hyundai is loud and obvious to me.

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              5 hours ago

              Yes that doesn’t sound very pleasant. Ive heard and liked the Zoe humming. Although MG for example has no sound at all and that’s also no problem really.