Reply #112: Of course you're subsidized by people using gasoline. [View All]

[Raskolnik]

Just look at the modifications you had to make to your OP.

Even if you are lucky enough to be in an urban setting with sufficient public transportation and a climate amenable to bicycle use, your lifestyle is ONLY possible because there are thousands of other people using gasoline. Your food, your clothes, your medicine, your tools, and your services are almost universally reliant on people using petroleum products in their production and delivery.

If you choose to refrain from using a car for your personal use, good for you. However, to pretend you're even close to being off the petroleum grid is just ludicrous.