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Old 05-18-2021, 02:26 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Galvatron1 View Post
Not just conspicuous consumption, but as Carl Sagan says,

“...adolescent young men, who need to have extremely rapid acceleration for psychological reasons of their own.

For all practical purposes, much greater fuel efficiency in automobiles is perfectly possible.”

Profound.
I'd love to see Carl Sagan's house at the time. Methinks he might have something larger than the necessary 500 sqft of living space for psychological reasons of his own.

Profundity apparently only applies lifestyles to other people.
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