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> Has there ever been an example of that working in history? Gas stations.
by antris 5y ago
> Has there ever been an example of that working in history?
Gas stations.
- fossuser 5y agoI don't think that was all at once - and it was replacing horses?
- janheidbrink 5y agoAfter reading your post, I was curious how the chicken/egg problem was solved at that time. Searching for "first cars gas stations" on Google, I found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filling_station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filling_station which states "The first drive-in filling station [...] opened to the motoring public [...] on December 1, 1913 [...]. Prior to this, automobile drivers pulled into almost any general or hardware store, or even blacksmith shops in order to fill up their tanks." So gas stations have actually not been built in a large upfront effort, but existing infrastructure was used to distribute gas.
- Animats 5y agoI wonder when the last gas station will close.