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Re:NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by a fifth in s... by polski-g on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @09:13AM (#46217904)
People are seemingly okay with rationing services by time, but adamantly opposed to rationing by price. You see this everywhere throughout society.

But obviously the latter is better. It offers more flexibility for consumers and more transmission of demand signals.

Re:NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by a fifth in s... by s1mplicissimus on Friday December 12, 2025 @06:59AM (#46243315)
> People are seemingly okay with rationing services by time, but adamantly opposed to rationing by price

Maybe that has to do with the fact that lifetime is somewhat (!) equally distributed, while wealth isn't

Re:NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by a fifth in s... by polski-g on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @04:42PM (#46305920)
But you can make more money, but you can't make more time.