Needing fewer urban and suburban bus drivers frees up drivers to service rural areas. In any case the vast majority of students live in urban and suburban areas.
I agree with you.. It passes people off because their entire life is dependent on fossil fuels. When its been encouraged by society/government for decades and now people have to drive miles to get to the nearest grocery store/point of interest they don't have an alternative that isn't uprooting their whole lives.
If you are going tax gas what it should be taxed, you also need to simultaneously make changes that will help people transition to sustainable alternatives. An amount of people will resist no matter what but you need a carrot to go along with the stick.
Since you have an electric fan I'm hoping you have electricity. If you can get ahold of some ice or cold items you can use it to cool major blood vessels and the cooled blood travels through your body. Like a radiator. A few weeks ago I was eating hot food outside in the hot humid heat (Florida) and squeezing a plastic cup of ice water between my wrists at the table was a huge relief.
You should give kbin.social a shot. It works better than lemmy currently. I made an account on lemmy.world and kbin.social and end up spending my time on kbin. Even on mobile with no app, I find the user experience better. I am sure it will get better for all instances with time.
What do you consider the Americanisation of F1? I don't watch F1 but I do watch other American sports.