Cave Savage
Feminist
Europe is mostly made up of very walkable cities with great public transportation, most American cities are giant suburbs. Some neighborhoods don't even have sidewalks
It just dawned on me that most of the world pays like $6 per gallon for gas
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god shamgod
Veteran
I took for granted how cheap gas was back in the day, it was like 89 cents a gallon
panopticon
Superstar
Man...that shyt was
I don't remember ever even thinking about MPG or any of that shyt.
Filling up with a $20 and getting change
OfTheCross
Veteran
OfTheCross
Veteran
But is it worth it if they actually do live better than us?
the cac mamba
Veteran
I lived in Italy 5 years and shyt was hell keepin a car. And as military we got gas tax free and it was still like $80 to fill up an old 5 series beamer. But they cities way better designed and you can get almost anywhere in the country for under $30 rt.
They live better cause people got common sense. Everybody don't need a whip and its ok to live with your family until you have your own kids or get married. Americans got priorities fukked up
They live better cause people got common sense. Everybody don't need a whip and its ok to live with your family until you have your own kids or get married. Americans got priorities fukked up
OfTheCross
Veteran
another thing about Italy is that the roads are shytty cause it's all historic
YaThreadTrashB!
Superstar
Canada has less people than Cally
Europe is small as fukk
No one asked if you were impressed, quality healthcare, public transportation systems, public education and university education are all factored into COL, considering how much the average US person pays (or takes out loans for) in all of those categories, we still come out on the losing end.
I'd rather higher taxes, as would a good chunk of the US.
Built specifically around cars and car culture
Its almost unbelievable how moronic urban and suburban developers were throughout the 20th century here in the US, such desperate attempts to get away from Black people that they literally screwed us over economically
- why do you think europe sucks up to russia and the middle east so much?
- why do you think i support american geopolitical views so much?
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the cac mamba
Veteran
so you're moving?
panopticon
Superstar
The geopolitics is less about price and more about access in case of war, natural disaster, etc. You're at an immediate strategic disadvantage if you can't feed and fuel your population independently. That's why we have massive farming subsidies, and also why there's been such a huge push towards encouraging fracking in the US (and oil sands mining in Canada). Japan learned this the hard way in WWII.This shyt has real consequences...
- why do you think europe sucks up to russia and the middle east so much?
- why do you think i support american geopolitical views so much?
@wire28 @Return to Forever @ezrathegreat @Jello Biafra @humble forever @Darth Nubian @Dameon Farrow @General Bravo III @BigMoneyGrip @hashmander @VR Tripper @Iceson Beckford [ @BaileyPark31 @Lucky_Lefty @johnedwarduado @Armchair Militant
@panopticon @Thomas
Something to keep in mind is that most countries that are significant oil producers are extremely dependent on oil exports to keep their economies afloat. Check out oil exports as a % of GDP of the major producers and you'll see that they really don't have much choice but to keep pumping as much as they possibly can. The Saudi monarchy can't afford to stop - the royal family would lose their heads in a week because they'd be unable to sustain the massive subsidies paid out to the average Saudi in exchange for their acquiescence. Neither can the Nigerians, Venezuelans, Mexicans, etc.
List of countries by oil exports - Wikipedia
Saudi Arabia exports 8.3 million barrels / day. At current prices, that's ~$550 million per day. Over $200 billion a year. Saudi Arabia's GDP was $684 billion in 2017 - so oil exports are somewhere around 30% of total GDP.
Imagine if Saudi Arabia just decided one day to stop exporting oil. They'd see 30% of their economy evaporate overnight. And the follow-on effects would just add to the devastation - think of all the economic activity surrounding oil production that would stop. The total GDP loss could easily surpass 50%.
There's a sort of "mutually assured destruction" built into the oil producer / oil buyer relationship.