Re:I Bought A Firetruck
by druiid on Sunday March 24, 2013 @05:21PM
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Dude, it is a single firetruck, not a fleet of firetrucks being driven around to pick up groceries. If he were starting a trend, then yes perhaps this would be a-bad-thing. Instead, it's one guy fulfilling a lifelong dream. The gas mileage is going to be terrible and the emissions bad, but it's one firetruck.
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Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law.
The maxim is simply "if you're really interested in fire trucks, and you can afford one, then you can buy one," and there's no problem with it becoming a "universal law," because very few people will be that interested in fire trucks.
Also, if everyone were to try to buy firetrucks, the price goes up — and makes me wonder how supply and demand fits in with the categorical imperative (if at all).
Re:I Bought A Firetruck
by CamperBob2 on Sunday March 24, 2013 @08:44PM
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Do you want to live in a world where I get to decide if your lifestyle will scale to seven billion people?
Because I'm thinking your computer would use less electricity and cause less CO2 pollution if it were half as fast as it is.