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Re:Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthie... by kec on Friday August 06, 2021 @02:30AM (#28083946)
The Phoebus cartel only worked because it was a cartel… and it only worked until it didn’t. Again, why would you think no one is putting money into this rather than it’s simply a hard or unsolvable problem? What material would you suggest to be hard wearing yet pliable enough for good grip and comfort?
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Re:Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthie... by eurasiantiger on Friday August 06, 2021 @03:28AM (#28084247)
Imagine a world that wasn’t built on the profit margins of petroleum refinement. No tires, no plastics, no bitumen; defaulting to some other mode of transport, not a state-subsidised automobile cult.
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Re:Scientist says cleaning indoor air could make us healthie... by inglor_cz on Friday August 06, 2021 @08:17AM (#28086090)
Another mode of transport will still be state-subsidised. That is what states do since Antiquity. Already the Romans invested huge money into ports and their famous road network.

Criticizing cars is fine, but "state-subsidized" is just superfluous there. This is not somehow unique to cars.

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