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PetitPrince
28 days ago
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Why does a fire truck cost $2m
And yet you have similar or better fire death rates statistics in Europe (
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/fire-death-rates
) despite "inferior" gear.
jojobas
28 days ago
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Perhaps they have more of them per sq.km/dwelling, or build houses and make wiring to less crappy standards. The choice of bigger, heavier trucks is not because of shortage of smaller chassis or excess money, they fit more stuff.
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