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Yes. I do this. I commute via mass transit when possible. My gas powered car is for weekend or many errands being run on short time.

I considered switching to electric but the article pretty much sums it up. Also not a fan of the cobalt slave labor that’s going on in Africa and the vast amount of resources it takes to make an electric car just to sit on my garage and use it for weekends or many errands in a short timeframe.

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When I was living in dc there was this service by Mercedes I think? I forget the name, that let you rent a car hourly and you didn’t have to pay for gas or insurance but you couldn’t leave the dc area. Worked great on the one or two occasions I needed it.

Wish this was more common. I think zipcar is around but I never seem to be able to work out logistics for my needs

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