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How many air purifiers can you buy with the money you save on gas and vehicle maintenance every year?
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.
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?
Gasoline, tires, fluids, insurance, maintenance, depreciation, tolls, registration. Commuters spend an average of 239 hours commuting per year. It really adds up.
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.