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t1_j3qp69x wrote

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Considering all the waste and other cosmetic things we spend on, I don't think a little bit of dye in asphalt is going to break the bank.

We don't ignore any other part of cosmetics when it comes to our environment.. paving cosmetics seems to be an after-thought. It isn't everywhere.

check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPJCTOQGU04

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t1_j3qpzuh wrote

You're not wrong about the government being terrible about spending money...

But doesn't change the fact that we can't afford/don't allocate enough money to infrastructure in this country, and increasing costs for the sake of aesthetics is a non starter.

And it's not a "little" bit that's needed lol. Think about the scale of the road systems in this country. A small cost increase per 1 mile of road X a lot of miles of road = a large cost

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t1_j3qqwts wrote

I love how everyone turns into budget-conscious graduate IV league economists the moment they have an argument to make 🙄

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