I just don't know if I could get on board with a language that makes me do contortions to save me from something that I never had a problem with in the first place.

Are you saying there are just as many shootings in Australia as there are in the US? The first article I read on the topic quotes a resident saying "things like that don't happen here" so it doesn't really seem like it is a daily occurrence. I don't know what the gun control is like in Australia either. There are crazy people everywhere. Unfortunately some people can still justify gun ownership because they hunt to live so there is that opening at least.

Well maybe you have small dogs.

Well you don't buy as many groceries as I do then. We just bought groceries and a water cooler and fit it all with the dogs. Why would I want to limit myself. What does moving house have to do with it? I go on several road trips a year. No, not "I got mine". More like, the difference I can make is so pitifully small, it's stupid to make your life disproportionately more complicated to the improvement you will make. It's virtue signaling. It's like plastic recycling all over again.. you rearrange your life to start doing it and then you find out most of it is lies anyway. In fact one big lie has already come out. Hybrids are advertised to be 75% efficient, so people bought them thinking that, and now it turns out that charging is too much trouble for people and they are only 19% effective. Because the ICE in a hybrid is underpowered by design, they may actually become more polluting in their lifetime. Let's put it this way, I'll wait for the whole industry to mature before I buy into it. I can't afford most EVs right now anyway.

Yes but how many are affordable and not merely the size of a crossover inside?

Yeah I really don't get why Americans even chase down school shooters and put them in jail. Your gun laws demonstrate you are clearly fine with shootings, and that even when you catch one it is bound to happen again. But that's not really the point. So Biden didn't like shootings and tried to put restrictions on guns. How was that illegal and if it was illegal, why wasn't he taken to court like Trump?

Well my main reason happens weekly. I'm pretty sure I have mentioned before that I get groceries and bring my dogs weekly. Dogs are not made to sit for long periods of time, it is not natural for their spines so they need to lie down. My SUV is a good size for that. Even my wife's crossover is tight. But even putting my personal reasons aside, renting a vehicle is ridiculously expensive, hotels with chargers are ridiculously expensive, chargers on the road are ridiculously expensive, and using businesses because there is nothing else to do while your car is charging is ridiculously expensive. I just don't find that filling with gas is that bad in comparison. Especially since electricity has gone up about 20% in the last two years and contractors (to put in a charger) are really hard to find and also really expensive. Nor do I consider it my obligation and duty to sacrifice parts of my freedom in the businesses that I use and how I control my costs for a vacation. I will be part of the solution when the whole world goes that way, but I'm not going to get played into going first and subjecting myself to an infrastructure still very much in its infancy.

Biden illegally banned wind energy for years?

So he solved a problem that was minor in the grand scheme of things, while creating not just huge problems but breaking the law repeatedly. You got played and fell for a fucking horrible deal.

You should specify the level of school. One doesn't have to be a college grad to see these things

Yes I suppose if you are a real pig it helps to think of those who are better than you are as mythical creatures.

The economy runs on historic tech. If historic tech dies then the economy dies with it.

Yes it's important to change the oil.

Also vehicle rentals are half the price as rentals are here. That explains how people can afford not to drive everywhere.

I think what you mean is, companies haven't figured out how to hire a team of developers who don't make these mistakes.