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There are so many advantages to early cars, are you kidding me? They don’t eat hay and shit for one. Is there anything that your argument wouldn’t work for? Do

• pfisch 8y ago
  They eat coal/gasoline which is probably more expensive. Also they worked on almost no terrain at all compared to horses and constantly broke down. The only reason they would even make sense to pursue would be because of how successful the train was. Similar to how this bitcoin stuff makes more sense when you look at the success of the internet/paypal/amazon.
  • arcticbull 8y ago
    You know you can research this stuff right? Gasoline was a waste product in the refining of crude oil (specifically, into Kerosene [itself a replacement for whale oil] they were making anyways). It used to be considered garbage. [1] It really only became valuable once they realized they could power cars with it. They used to dump it in rivers, making them catch fire. [2] In what - concrete - way is bitcoin related to the success of Amazon or the internet? Please be specific and don't hand-wave if you're going to make such bold claims. [1] https://knowledgenuts.com/2014/02/24/gasoline-used-to-be-considered-garbage/ https://knowledgenuts.com/2014/02/24/gasoline-used-to-be-con... [2] http://www.attendly.com/rockefellers-unconventional-approach-to-getting-rid-of-waste/ http://www.attendly.com/rockefellers-unconventional-approach...
    • pfisch 8y ago
      The internet and amazon displaced the old business models with e-commerce. Bitcoin could do that with money/gold. This is similar to train->car.