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MIT Study Finds Gas Cars Aren't Secretly Better For The Planet Than EVs, Despite What Everyone On Facebook Says (www.jalopnik.com)
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[–] 46 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Science back then: after long work we were able to create a vaccine, and we managed to eradicate small pox completely.

Science now: we did a study to prove something on Facebook isn't true.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    To be fair the scientists only invented the vaccine, and modern scientists are inventing plenty of vaccines and medical technologies today, including vaccines for infamously difficult to stop diseases like HIV.

    Eradicating smallpox was a feat of international cooperation and administration. If we put in the effort in those areas today we could eliminate measles or polio. Or in the near future we could begin the process of eliminating HIV (it would take a long time because it's not a death sentence anymore). Now I'm mad we aren't engaged in a global fight to eliminate HIV the way we did for smallpox.

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