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Oil prices have risen. That's making gas more expensive for US drivers and helping Russia's war (apnews.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, we need to build the infrastructure.

Or let me correct that: Rebuild the infrastructure.

Even here in lowly South Dakota where I live, there was once a network of buses and trains that traveled between even small towns. That was all abandoned to appease the automotive gods.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Manitoba Canada used to have a decent train network from what i can tell, and now it just has nothing outside of Winnipeg