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Innovation makes useful things smaller - overconsumption makes them bigger and more meaningless (norden.social)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Imagine if we kept them the same size and still improved their efficiency

Well, we did! In Europe.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Depends, many oversized SUVs here in Germany unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Yes, but Europe also had plenty of small and efficient cars which are not exported to the US. And people love their BMW 3 Series still!