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There is gas and diesel - it is just expensive for everyday folk relative to how much money they can realistically make. If you work in SF and spend $5000 on a
by oh_sigh 8y ago
There is gas and diesel - it is just expensive for everyday folk relative to how much money they can realistically make.
If you work in SF and spend $5000 on a passion project flying to Zimbabwe, you will have no problem affording gas.
- MadTitan 8y agoCurrently in Zimbabwe. It's not an issue of affordability. The country allocates foreign currency to bring in fuel, there is a shortage of foreign currency and the government is struggling to bring in enough fuel to meet demand levels.
- zamalek 8y agoExactly the same as when I lived there. We had the money, but we would queue round the block (even leaving cars unattended) waiting for the fuel to arrive.
- sfcguyus 8y agoNo it wouldn't help. There simply isn't enough out there & quite frankly people would outpay "$5k on a passion project" for a stable supply.
- grecy 8y ago> There is gas and diesel - it is just expensive for everyday folk relative to how much money they can realistically make Do you have first hand experience from the last ~month? (since everything has collapsed again) Friends living there who are very, very well off can not physically get their hands on a single liter of gas or diesel. I recently spent 6 weeks driving around virtually all of Zimbabwe, I have a pretty good idea how the country works (or at least, before the most recent collapse)