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Re:We can do better than “same, but electric” by chriswarbo on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @10:32AM (#30843023)
> And of course, I have my car (and uber as a backup)

Do you have your own paved road infrastructure, or are you relying on others to pay for that? Road infrastructure for low-density housing is a net drain on the public purse (unlike e.g. free healthcare, space exploration, etc. which are a net win, economically)

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Re:We can do better than “same, but electric” by adwn on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @02:09PM (#30846292)
> (unlike e.g. free healthcare, space exploration, etc. which are a net win, economically)

I'm a big fan of space exploration, but I seriously doubt that it's an economic net win.

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Re:We can do better than “same, but electric” by chriswarbo on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @04:20PM (#30847848)
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/2020_na... estimates a "total economic output" of 64 billion dollars from Nasa activities in 2019, for a budget of 21.5 billion.
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