CityNerd | How the Pathetically Cheap Cost of Driving Makes Our Cities Worse @CityNerd | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: go.nebula.tv/citynerd
Watch the Nebula Original, Wendover's The Logistics of Search and Rescue: nebula.tv/videos/wendover-the-logistics-of-search-and-rescue?ref=citynerd
⛽️ ⛽️ ⛽️ ⛽️ ⛽️
If you live in the U.S., you may not think of gasoline as cheap. But the low fuel taxes we pay explain a lot of why we have a worse built environment than most E.U. nations, worse safety outcomes, and mostly abysmal transit. Come along as we walk through the depressing political reality.
----------
Patreon - a way to directly support continuing CityNerd output! Thanks to all who have signed up so far.
patreon.com/CityNerd
----------
Instagram: @nerd4cities
BlueSky: @nerd4cities
Mastodon: @nerd4cities@mstdn.social
Twitter: @nerd4cities
----------
Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced:
- The Cost of Car Ownership: youtu.be/c2rI-5ZFW1E
----------
Resources:
- gasprices.aaa.com
- energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-915-march-7-2016-average-historical-annual-gasoline-pump-price-1929-2015
- data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
- eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/showtext.php?t=pTB0208
- epa.gov/automotive-trends/explore-automotive-trends-data#DetailedData
- pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-explainer-highway-trust-fund
- nhtsa.gov/press-releases/early-estimate-2021-traffic-fatalities
- npr.org/2020/04/15/835571843/episode-991-lives-vs-the-economy
- npr.org/2023/07/01/1185652621/canada-wildfires-air-pollution
- nytimes.com/2023/06/26/nyregion/nyc-congestion-pricing.html
- americanprogress.org/article/climate-deniers-117th-congress
- eenews.net/articles/trumps-climate-denial-shapes-house-gop-backbench
- theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/04/republican-democrat-candidates-climate-crisis
- vox.com/2015/12/2/9836566/republican-climate-denial-why
- https://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol
- clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/exhibits/show/green-building/kyoto-protocol
- thestar.com/news/canada/2011/12/12/canada_first_nation_to_withdraw_from_kyoto_protocol.html
- afdc.energy.gov/data/10327
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:283:0051:0070:EN:PDF
- taxfoundation.org/value-added-tax-2022-vat-rates-in-europe
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States
- afdc.energy.gov/data/10327
----------
Images
- California sales receipt By Peter Merholz from Berkeley, CA, United States - the bill -- thank you adaptive path!, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2241629
- Pigouvian Tax By Jon513 - Own work, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5592376
- Arthur Pigou By Unknown author - lancs.ac.uk/staff/ecagrs/gallery.htm, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16139454
- Fracking in North Dakota By Joshua Doubek - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27166623
- State gas tax chart By Wikideas1 - Own work taxadmin.org/assets/docs/Research/Rates/mf.pdfLiberationreport.com, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=114428091
- Kyoto Protocol map By User:Canuckguy, User:Danlaycock - File:UNFCCC parties.svg, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35866083
- Hummer H2 By Rudolf Stricker - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2827579
- Lifted Ford F-250 By flickr.com/photos/diamondbackcovers - flickr.com/photos/diamondbackcovers/9301426026/, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38521361
- Extreme Overkill truck By I, Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4545339
----------
Music:
CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library)
----------
Business Inquiries: thecitynerd@nebula.tv
Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: go.nebula.tv/citynerd
Watch the Nebula Original, Wendover's The Logistics of Search and Rescue: nebula.tv/videos/wendover-the-logistics-of-search-and-rescue?ref=citynerd
⛽️ ⛽️ ⛽️ ⛽️ ⛽️
If you live in the U.S., you may not think of gasoline as cheap. But the low fuel taxes we pay explain a lot of why we have a worse built environment than most E.U. nations, worse safety outcomes, and mostly abysmal transit. Come along as we walk through the depressing political reality.
----------
Patreon - a way to directly support continuing CityNerd output! Thanks to all who have signed up so far.
patreon.com/CityNerd
----------
Instagram: @nerd4cities
BlueSky: @nerd4cities
Mastodon: @nerd4cities@mstdn.social
Twitter: @nerd4cities
----------
Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced:
- The Cost of Car Ownership: youtu.be/c2rI-5ZFW1E
----------
Resources:
- gasprices.aaa.com
- energy.gov/eere/vehicles/fact-915-march-7-2016-average-historical-annual-gasoline-pump-price-1929-2015
- data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
- eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/showtext.php?t=pTB0208
- epa.gov/automotive-trends/explore-automotive-trends-data#DetailedData
- pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-explainer-highway-trust-fund
- nhtsa.gov/press-releases/early-estimate-2021-traffic-fatalities
- npr.org/2020/04/15/835571843/episode-991-lives-vs-the-economy
- npr.org/2023/07/01/1185652621/canada-wildfires-air-pollution
- nytimes.com/2023/06/26/nyregion/nyc-congestion-pricing.html
- americanprogress.org/article/climate-deniers-117th-congress
- eenews.net/articles/trumps-climate-denial-shapes-house-gop-backbench
- theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/04/republican-democrat-candidates-climate-crisis
- vox.com/2015/12/2/9836566/republican-climate-denial-why
- https://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol
- clinton.presidentiallibraries.us/exhibits/show/green-building/kyoto-protocol
- thestar.com/news/canada/2011/12/12/canada_first_nation_to_withdraw_from_kyoto_protocol.html
- afdc.energy.gov/data/10327
- https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2003:283:0051:0070:EN:PDF
- taxfoundation.org/value-added-tax-2022-vat-rates-in-europe
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_taxes_in_the_United_States
- afdc.energy.gov/data/10327
----------
Images
- California sales receipt By Peter Merholz from Berkeley, CA, United States - the bill -- thank you adaptive path!, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2241629
- Pigouvian Tax By Jon513 - Own work, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5592376
- Arthur Pigou By Unknown author - lancs.ac.uk/staff/ecagrs/gallery.htm, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16139454
- Fracking in North Dakota By Joshua Doubek - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27166623
- State gas tax chart By Wikideas1 - Own work taxadmin.org/assets/docs/Research/Rates/mf.pdfLiberationreport.com, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=114428091
- Kyoto Protocol map By User:Canuckguy, User:Danlaycock - File:UNFCCC parties.svg, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35866083
- Hummer H2 By Rudolf Stricker - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2827579
- Lifted Ford F-250 By flickr.com/photos/diamondbackcovers - flickr.com/photos/diamondbackcovers/9301426026/, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38521361
- Extreme Overkill truck By I, Luc Viatour, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4545339
----------
Music:
CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library)
----------
Business Inquiries: thecitynerd@nebula.tv
