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![houmanhemmati Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::230307512.png) Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD [@houmanhemmati](/creator/twitter/houmanhemmati) on x 71.2K followers
Created: 2024-11-10 14:26:35 UTC

The other week, I ran into the leader of a California-based climate/transportation organization who said to me point blank: 

“This increase in gas prices is wonderful. It’ll get people to drive less, ride their bikes or take public transit, or switch to an EV.”

That’s the definition of tone deaf & arrogant, absolutely ignorant of the impracticality of driving less, biking or public transit for the vast majority of Californians, as well as the enormous costs of buying and powering an EV, not to mention the environmental lunacy of trashing perfectly good, modern, efficient gasoline vehicles that have the most stringent emissions standards in the nation.


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