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geezerjay on Nov 21, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: NYC subway and bus services have entered 'death sp...

> If the potato trucks had to pay for the full cost of roads, then they would be incentived to drive that cost down.

More realistically, potato prices would go up to reflect operational costs.

stale2002 on Nov 22, 2018 [–]

At which point people would buy less potatoes, or buy more locally produced goods.

Which is the entire point. To incentivize people to change their behavior.

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