▲ 1116 ▼ xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com) submitted 2 years ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world 728 comments fedilink hide all child comments Alt text: An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.
[+] ZDL@ttrpg.network -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Like most people in the western world (and indeed likely in most of the world) do. I'm going to have to see a source for this claim. I know the person has merit in their argument when they go on the personal attack. 👍 permalink fedilink source parent [–] semperverus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Im sorry but how else do you drive 2 hours into the middle of the woods where there are no other people around so you can get away from godawful society for a while if not owning your own car? Im certainly not going to pay someone else to drive me out to a favorite low/no traffic spot just to show everyone where it is and then ruin it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Like most people in the western world (and indeed likely in most of the world) do. I'm going to have to see a source for this claim. I know the person has merit in their argument when they go on the personal attack. 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Im sorry but how else do you drive 2 hours into the middle of the woods where there are no other people around so you can get away from godawful society for a while if not owning your own car? Im certainly not going to pay someone else to drive me out to a favorite low/no traffic spot just to show everyone where it is and then ruin it. permalink fedilink source parent