• Pipoca@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    A large number of gas stations are franchises. Breaking the LCD screens hurts the local franchise owner, not whichever fossil fuel company they’re working with.

    More to the point, breaking LCD screens accomplishes absolutely nothing. Most people don’t drive because they love driving, they drive because of zoning, sprawl and a lack of reasonable alternatives. If you get rid of fossil fuel infrastructure without fixing the underlying car dependency, they’ll be stuck at home.

      • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.one
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        1 year ago

        I do, and I get it. We used to have the infrastructure, but it was lost as our communities became more car-centric. Personally, I own a cheap used fuel efficient car that I only use when I have to drive long distances.

        I also know a lot of people who own gas-guzzling pickups and SUVs who don’t need them, and people who choose to live in expensive suburban areas because they fancy themselves too good to live amongst us “poor people” in “bad neighborhoods” because we’re supposedly dangerous. Also, a lot of people who think they have to drive everywhere they go, even a few blocks from their home. Those people can fuck right off.

        I’d rather be inconvenienced by losing my car than continuing to subsidize the type of people I see driving every day.

    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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      1 year ago

      Breaking those LCD screens might just convince them to stop installing them, stop playing those fucking ads while I’m trying to refuel.