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>I pay high gas taxes and if that can't more than offset the environmental impact whomever is in charge should be fired for incompetence.

Edit: comment predicated on the assumption that this is in California, where Lyft is located

No, you don't pay high taxes, and second, political forces are such that gas taxes can not be raised to what they should be to prevent your "firing for incompetence." The politics don't work that way.

Friend, all the money is the world cannot undo environmental damage. Your tax dollars for gas are for revenue, not to offset environmental damage. Accepting this is very important.

If you have any doubts, throw all your greenbacks into a volcano and let us know if it stops erupting.

Trains are awesome. You don't have to sit through traffic jams, and you can read news on your phone instead of paying attention to the road.

This isn't popular here, but I have been indoctrinated by pro-car bullshit as a kid and I am done with that.