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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If anything positive will come out of this whole mess it's the fact that it'll speed up the transition to renewables.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dig even deeper for oil you say?

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Let's spend all our remaining oil to build an enormous rocket to the moon, so we can mine all of the oil on the moon.

[–] sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today 44 points 1 week ago

I mean....that's not a bad idea anyway.

[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 21 points 1 week ago

Why not let them do the remaining four days from home as well, further fuel savings!

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Instead of giving everyone the same day it should be varied, otherwise you’ll end up with an imbalance of people trying to get things done like it’s a weekend day.

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 1 points 1 week ago

And that would reduce rush hour traffic, which is bad for fuel efficiency.

[–] ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Not my thing but if it gets you going then go on and get your freak on

[–] Polkira@piefed.ca 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah I'd much rather have a 3 day weekend

[–] Kkk2237pl@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Poor country, they just had massive flood few months ago, now another crisis…

I hope they will invest in renewables and evs…

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The average annual income for a professional in Sri Lanka is the equivalent of $200/month or $2400/year. How would they be investing in EVs?

[–] Kkk2237pl@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I know I know… only hope for import used ones, especially when they had agreement with Japan India etc

And electric tuktuks would be great