{"id":30408,"date":"2018-02-01T07:57:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T12:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=30408"},"modified":"2018-02-01T07:57:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T12:57:40","slug":"gasoline-such-a-big-bang-for-the-buck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=30408","title":{"rendered":"Gasoline–Such a Big Bang for the Buck"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gasoline–Such a Big Bang for the Buck<\/a><\/h3>\n

Are you a fan of beheadings? Are you fond of autocratic regimes? Do you want to help those kooky, lovable Koch brothers purchase another member of Congress? Do you yearn to support Saudi Arabia, Iran, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin, but it seems so difficult to give them direct, individual donations? Lucky for you, there\u2019s an easy answer! Just buy gasoline!<\/p>\n

Yes, it\u2019s that simple. Oil is a worldwide commodity. Any gallon you purchase props up the price as a whole, enriching international oil companies and oil-exporting nations, with a handsome portion trickling to the politicians they\u2019ve bought. (Oops, \u201csupport.\u201d) Your money is guaranteed to enable stonings of adulterous women and beheadings of political prisoners, not to mention facilitate juicy environmental damage from oil spills and toxic fracking waste. In fact, you can rest easy knowing that every dollar you spend on gasoline works hard to attack human rights, cripple the environment and enable political corruption. A three-fer!<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s more! On a local level, the gasoline you burn has the happy side benefit of inflicting asthma and cancer on the poorest in your region since it\u2019s the poorest who live along freeways and traffic sewers where tailpipe emissions are highest and the rent is cheapest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Make them richer and more powerful! It’s easy!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

As a bonus, it\u2019s easy to double the impact of your gasoline purchase by doing your best to make miserable the lives of anyone traveling without a car. With a little persistence, you can force them to get their own car and buy gasoline just like you. So honk at bicyclists as you pass them. Rev your motor loudly to show them who\u2019s boss. Don\u2019t stop for pedestrians in crosswalks.<\/p>\n

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