Re:Can't pay for your car? Ride a bicycle!
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Ride an electric bike. I commute on one in Phoenix every day, don't have to worry about being sweaty when I get to work (even in our consistently 115f summers), fast enough to make it to your "important" things (faster than city traffic at most times of day), and doesn't burn hydrocarbons for fuel. It's self-absorbed folks like yourself who think their lives are somehow more important than everyone else that are the problem - everyone faces challenges every day, and everyone has deadlines to meet.
And let's not even get into the "live locally" discussion - if you have to drive 50 miles one way to get from your home to your place of business, you're doing it wrong. You probably spend more money on fuel in a year just getting to work than I spend on all my electricity (including charging my electric transportation, heating/cooling my house, cooking, slashdotting, etc.) for the same time period.
Actually, I'm almost done with Outliers and there is a fair amount of scientific evidence (as well as the usual anecdotes), especially with regard to things like relative age. More evidence than he used in his previous books, anyway.
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Ride an electric bike. I commute on one in Phoenix every day, don't have to worry about being sweaty when I get to work (even in our consistently 115f summers), fast enough to make it to your "important" things (faster than city traffic at most times of day), and doesn't burn hydrocarbons for fuel. It's self-absorbed folks like yourself who think their lives are somehow more important than everyone else that are the problem - everyone faces challenges every day, and everyone has deadlines to meet. And let's not even get into the "live locally" discussion - if you have to drive 50 miles one way to get from your home to your place of business, you're doing it wrong. You probably spend more money on fuel in a year just getting to work than I spend on all my electricity (including charging my electric transportation, heating/cooling my house, cooking, slashdotting, etc.) for the same time period.
Actually, I'm almost done with Outliers and there is a fair amount of scientific evidence (as well as the usual anecdotes), especially with regard to things like relative age. More evidence than he used in his previous books, anyway.