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   Robert Bannister to Doc O'Leary   
   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   26 Jan 14 10:19:50   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 26/01/2014 1:23 am, Doc O'Leary wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >   Robert Bannister  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 25/01/2014 8:00 am, Your Name wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Everything is owned by the Chinese ... there was even an item in the   
   >>> newspaper last week about the smog (or at least some of it) in Los   
   >>> Angeles being made in China and drifting across the Pacific Ocean.  :-)   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> That beats all. Fancy outsourcing your smog!   
   >   
   > Pollution and waste are some of the *first* costs that get externalized.   
   > As I like to tell people who still insist that their driving behaviors   
   > can't change the environment: if you really believe that, why don't you   
   > change your car so that the exhaust vents into the cabin?   
   >   
      
   Ever driven a station wagon with a rear door that won't close properly?   
      
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