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Re:Vinyl set to outsell CDs for first time since 1986 by mises on Sunday September 08, 2019 @09:49PM (#20914579)
The marginal negative environmental externality of one more digital song is very low. That of a record is essentially constant.
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Re:Vinyl set to outsell CDs for first time since 1986 by reaperducer on Monday September 09, 2019 @12:33PM (#20919672)
Make a record and the environmental damage is done.

Steaming music continues environmental damage for as long as the server is on.

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