Numbers in Perspective

Tuesday, March 8, 2022

#sol22: March 8th



$4.59 a gallon

$74.00 for a tank of gas

5,068 miles to Kyiv, Ukraine from my home

3,010,209 Kyiv citizens 

2 weeks into the Russian invasion

44,000,000 terrified citizens of Ukraine 

~2,000,000 Ukraine people are now refugees.

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$4.59 a gallon is a price I can pay.

(But, seriously, I might start driving less.)

 

3 comments:

  1. This is exactly the perspective we should all have. I’m disgusted by those who whine about the price of gas, especially those who drive gas-guzzling ginormous vehicles. It’s as though no one learned anything from the 1970s. And we would not have this problem if we’d as a nation listened to Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, and countless others who have rung the climate change warning bell.

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  2. Quite an unfolding story, by the numbers. I appreciate your perspective(s).

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  3. Great post. The cost of freedom is enormous or ginormous, as mentioned above.

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