Denmark’s energy minister called on citizens to reduce their energy use amid the ongoing Middle East conflict.
Oil prices jumped to over $100 a barrel on Thursday, raising fears of rising inflation.
“If it is not strictly necessary to drive the car, then don’t do it,” the minister stressed to Danish citizens.
I started commuting by bus when this started. The trip takes 10 minutes longer, but it’s time I would have spent doomscrolling before work anyways. Now I can doomscroll on the bus instead.
Commuting by train myself. I’ve picked up audiobooks. Lovely way to start and end a workday. Highly recommended.
When we moved to a developed nation from the US, I started commuting via train. My reading logs for books have gone through the roof. I also get to practice languages and use the time to generally enjoy my day. Driving a car never allowed this kind of living well.
I’m up to about 230 days car-free and it’s wonderful.
I take the E-Bike and listen to podcasts or blast some music. I know I know, dangerous blablabla. Don’t care. I love it the way it is.
Unfortunately if I take the bus, trip goes from 30 mins to 2 hours…
Elect better politicians who will improve the bus service, then.
Would if I could. I vote so hard bro.
If there’s no traffic, it goes from 10-15 minutes to ~1+ hour (most of which is outside of the buses). Ebiking is great though (~40 minutes and not as affected by traffic - sometimes its faster than driving because of that).
That’s great if you can managed not to get blended to death by the 10k lb. monster trucks you’re forced to share the road with.
Almost all of the ride is on a trail on the way to work. On the way back, I just go through residential streets that are pretty much empty by the time I go home (where its too dark to take the trail). Moved to where I do because of how convenient it is for commuting. Used to do the ride when I lived further away and had to ride on some busier roads and the perpetual construction on one of the roads made a stretch one-lane that shouldn’t be.