• EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    A 6 pack of 20x20x1 BNX TruFilter MERV 11 filters is $46.99 on amazon.com, about $7.83 each. You’ll want to replace them every 6 months.

    20 inch Lasko box fans are $23.37 each at walmart

    A roll of painter’s tape is $4.97 at walmart

    It apparently costs $113.36 per year to run a 20 in box fan 24/7, based on average American electrical costs in 2023.

    The average American spends $8466 on their commute each year.

    You could make and run 55 air purifiers for the cost of the average commute.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      The average American spends $8466 on their commute each year.

      Wtf how is this a real stat? I’m not doubting you or anything, just sheer disbelief that the average yank spends $32 a day getting to and from work.

      Is it living really far away or depreciation and insurance on a stupid car?

      • vehicles are heinous money sinks. one hour of operation (engine running) is something like $15-20 in materials (wear, fluids, maintenance), value depreciation, etc. doesn’t include parking, tags, insurance, tolls.

        it takes a lot of personal planning, economic power and focus to sidestep this as an individual in the US and end up not needing a car for work, or having a very short commute with the lack of public transport or bicycle/pedestrian infrastructure.

        Yanks on average think sitting in their individual petroleum chariot for 40+ minutes a day x2 is “normal” and that only eccentrics would prioritize not needing a car over where they live.

        I’m an eccentric and know a lot of people who are very “normal” over here.