Wejo, can you clarify your recent comments on fracking and Uber drivers?

bong hits for rojo wrote:

At least this thread is a positive step in the right direction. Posters are actually acknowledging climate change and that drilling and use of fossil fuels for energy actually contributes. That is is a huge step and maybe Letsrun should post a black page to show it.

Fracking and Uber wrote:

Jogger262 wrote:

Not sure about the Uber comment, but I have taken an Uber across state lines in an hour plus ride, but not into NY state.

This was Wejo’s primary point. He said that Uber is an unethical company because if an Uber driver took a passenger such as Wejo from NYC to his mansion in Connecticut, that driver would not be allowed to then take another passenger from Connecticut to NYC.

Wejo offered this hypothetical scenario as proof that Uber does not care about the environment.

Wejo also said for some reason that he supports fracking.

But when I posed this question to Reddit and then called Uber customer support they said that Wejo was wrong

Jogger262 wrote:

I don’t know for sure, but early on, I don’t think Uber drivers were able to see what route was being requested until they accepted the ride. That may not be true, or it may have changed since I was told that many years ago.

Monkeys Skyping wrote:

2) There are apparently restrictions on where an Uber driver can pick up passengers, nominally only in the state in which they are registered to operate, typically their state of residence.

low effort spotter wrote:

comedyreIieff wrote:

Are you heating your house this winter? If so, you essentially support fracking. Unless you want to pay significantly more to heat your house or you use a wood stove.

moran statement of the day

"yOu dRive cAr...U mUst sUpPorT gLoBal wArMing!!!"

comedyrelieff wrote:

low effort spotter wrote:

moran statement of the day

"yOu dRive cAr...U mUst sUpPorT gLoBal wArMing!!!"

The true Morans are the imbeciles that can’t understand the correlation between the higher prices they are paying for everything from food to heating fuel and Biden’s global warming policies. The coming recession is partially a product of the left’s attempts to control global warming.

Fracking and Uber wrote:

comedyrelieff wrote:

The true Morans are the imbeciles that can’t understand the correlation between the higher prices they are paying for everything from food to heating fuel and Biden’s global warming policies. The coming recession is partially a product of the left’s attempts to control global warming.

What does your comments have to do with Uber?

Fracking and Uber wrote:

Monkeys Skyping wrote:

2) There are apparently restrictions on where an Uber driver can pick up passengers, nominally only in the state in which they are registered to operate, typically their state of residence.

If this is true then this matter is not Uber’s fault, but the state/federal law that enforces this.

As a very politically connected resident of Connecticut, what is Wejo doing to change these laws? If the answer is nothing then he is part of the problem and hates the environment as much as if not more than he claims Uber hates the environment

Monkeys Skyping wrote:

Fracking and Uber wrote:

If this is true then this matter is not Uber’s fault, but the state/federal law that enforces this.

As a very politically connected resident of Connecticut, what is Wejo doing to change these laws? If the answer is nothing then he is part of the problem and hates the environment as much as if not more than he claims Uber hates the environment

I think a significant part of the issue is the Uber driver as "independent contractor" business model which means that resolving the interstate licensing issues is the responsibility of each individual driver not the corporation.

Fracking and Uber wrote:

Monkeys Skyping wrote:

I think a significant part of the issue is the Uber driver as "independent contractor" business model which means that resolving the interstate licensing issues is the responsibility of each individual driver not the corporation.

Does Wejo know this? If this is true maybe Wejo can wield his influence and make a difference in these driver’s lives and our lives too—helping the environment help all of us. Wejo doing his could be HUGE for the website

Fracking and Uber wrote:

Wejo wrote this post on the thread about Rojo needing a ride to Stillwater.

Here’s his comment.

“I support fracking yet one of the dumbest things is how Ubers can drop me off in CT but can't pick someone up and drive them back to NY or vice versa. So much for concern for the environment.”

I don’t understand this comment.

(1) Wejo says he’s concerned about the environment but supports fracking. That doesn’t make sense.

(2) Who ever said that a driver from NYC to Connecticut can’t get a return passenger to NYC? Huh?

(3) Wejo takes hour long (or longer) Ubers from NYC to Connecticut?

Anyways, just asking questions.

Here’s the thread:

Thread:www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?th...

Fracking and Uber wrote:

Petty John wrote:

Why should he clarify anything to you? I mean, what difference would it make? You’ll just continue in your outrage.

How am I outraged? I’m just asking questions