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Alibey1917 Posted 4 years ago
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"The cost of public utilities needed to facilitate bicycle traffic versus the price of an infrastructure tailored to high speeds is proportionately even less than the price differential ofthe vehicles used in the two systems." (Ivan Illich, Energy and Equity)


I couldn't figure out this sentence, can you rephrase it?

  

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alibey1917 I couldn't figure out this sentence, can you rephrase it? It seems to be a math problem. I don't see the point of it, but maybe he goes on to explain.

  • alibey1917 I couldn't figure out this sentence, can you rephrase it?
  • It seems to be a math problem.
  • I don't see the point of it, but maybe he goes on to explain.
  • ) costs 30 million.
  • ) the low-speed one.
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alibey1917I couldn't figure out this sentence, can you rephrase it?

It seems to be a math problem. I don't see the point of it, but maybe he goes on to explain.

Say the "public utilities needed to facilitate bicycle traffic" (whatever they are) cost 1 million dollars, and "an infrastructure tailored to high speeds" (a superhighway?) costs 30 million.

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