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How valuable is air? It's worthless to everyone except a drowning man, to whom it's priceless. Supply and demand are highly dependent on context. A strong tec
by barrkel 8y ago
How valuable is air?
It's worthless to everyone except a drowning man, to whom it's priceless.
Supply and demand are highly dependent on context. A strong technology base in a business is usually only required after you're starting to see scaling problems.
- thidatysa 8y agodon't know about you but air is essential for my wellbeing and I live entirely on land
- stale2002 8y agoAnd if someone were to create an air company that sells air to the average consumer, how successful do you think it would be?
- ada1981 8y agoThese guys sold out in 2 weeks. “Canadian start-up sells bottled air to China, says sales booming” https://www-m.cnn.com/2015/12/15/asia/china-canadian-company-selling-clean-air/index.html https://www-m.cnn.com/2015/12/15/asia/china-canadian-company...
- ornel 8y agoIt happened with water. Who would have thought 15 years ago how much bottled water is sold today?
- monadgonad 8y agoThere’s a difference: I don’t always have nice cold water to hand in a carryable form; I pay for the convenience of getting that. I always have air in exactly the form I want it.
- acct1771 8y agoThaaaat's probably not true... You just don't know enough about the air you're breathing! Marketing will take care of that. Half-kidding.