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Re:Will we ever fly supersonically over land? by quotemstr on Saturday July 03, 2021 @07:22PM (#27725841)
If you think that we use too much fuel, increase the price of fuel. Don't just randomly oppose specific technologies that use fuel on the grounds that you, personally, yellow_led, don't feel those technologies are necessary.
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Re:Will we ever fly supersonically over land? by pessimizer on Saturday July 03, 2021 @08:03PM (#27726075)
So it's alright to increase the price of fuel because yellow_led, personally, thinks too much fuel is being used, but not alright to randomly oppose specific technologies on the grounds that yellow_led, personally, thinks they use too much fuel?

I'm not following your logic. Also I don't know how you randomly oppose specific things.

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Re:Will we ever fly supersonically over land? by perl4ever on Saturday July 03, 2021 @10:11PM (#27726772)
>yellow_led, personally, thinks too much fuel is being used

>randomly oppose specific technologies on the grounds that yellow_led, personally, thinks they use too much fuel

I think the assumption is that we mostly agree on the first item, but the second one is supposed to be a means to the first. Which yellow_led and others think is a big mistake.

>I don't know how you randomly oppose specific things.

Random means arbitrary here, I think. Without sound logical reasoning.

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