RE: https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116325598364670792

am sorry, but $4/gallon in 2026 is a fucking joke. back in the 1990s, gas was $7/g̶a̶l̶l̶o̶n̶ litre in many european countries.

petrol should be $20 a gallon if not more because USians should have changed the way they develop suburbs.

USA DOESN’T NEED CARS, it needs walkable towns with stores, hospitals, schools, post offices, grocery stores.

i hate USA suburbs because they are literally food, health care and education deserts.

KILL THE USA SUBURB,
SAVE THE WORLD.

#USpol #cars #NoBloodForOil

@blogdiva It is already ±$6 in parts of California. I would like more mass transit, but in a county of 65,000 people in the California foothills, one can only expect so much.

I still need some kind of vehicle to transport 40 lb sacks of chicken feed. My birds insist.

(and the two full-size bags of potting soil, 5' plant trellises, and 15 gal pots, waiting to be unloaded, when it stops raining)

@c_merriweather @blogdiva 65000 people is enough to have a decent public transport system, and a network of cycle tracks, and local shops you could have visited twice a week or more often to pick up bird feed, as would happen in most civilised countries.

@UkeleleEric

Yes, ±65k in the entire 1,329 sq mi county, with a very large lake in the middle of it. The closest town (pop. 13k) is 10 miles away. We do have a small transit bus system.

@blogdiva

@c_merriweather @blogdiva lakes are good for boats and river buses.