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Re:UK to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030: FT by majewsky on Monday November 16, 2020 @09:59AM (#25112405)
By the same logic, we shouldn't spend money on the police to investigate murders in $TOWN because even if we did, it wouldn't down the global crime rate all that much.
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Re:UK to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030: FT by concordDance on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @03:58AM (#25134576)
That's really not analogous at all...

Where is the negative externality in your example?

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