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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MrMakabar@slrpnk.net to c/degrowth@slrpnk.net

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[–] snooggums@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Things we hold get smaller. Things we fit inside get bigger.

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 year ago

Like your mum.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aren’t modern vehicles more fuel efficient though, despite being bigger? Imagine if we kept them the same size and still improved their efficiency.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

Well, we did! In Europe.

[–] arschfidel@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends, many oversized SUVs here in Germany unfortunately.

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year 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!