Comment on Gen Z is cooking more and shopping less as they struggle to achieve financial success
CyanFen@lemmy.one [bot] 11 months ago
The reason for this is bad but the end result is good. Let’s hope these habits stick around once people are in a better spot.
BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 11 months ago
I wouldn't get your hopes too high.
In the wake of the 2008 crisis, many people stopped buying huge gas-guzzling automobiles and started buying smaller and more fuel efficient vehicles.
Sure enough, as things recovered, people bounced right back to the SUVs.
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Small vehicles aren’t sold in the US anymore.
Deftdrummer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Just like small phones
BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 11 months ago
Largely because there is such little demand for them relative to huge vehicles.
How else will Bob and Beth show off how deeply serious they are as people without a massive truck and SUV that they actually use for their intended non-urban purpose maybe once a year?
TransientPunk@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That simply isn’t true. We have laws in the US that dictate fuel economy relative to the size of the vehicle. Car manufacturers realized that they could make bigger vehicles rather than make them more fuel efficient. That’s the really reason our cars are so bloated
franklin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Fuck personal transport all my homies hate personal transport
reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’d love a personal teleporter though