• mkwt
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    6 days ago

    In the truck it’s mainly because they have to comply with the highway limits: 80,000 gross pounds, 12,000 pounds on the drive axle, and 34,000 pounds on the tandem axles.

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      Makes sense. In the news context would be easier for the reader to grasp the amount if it was in liters or what ever the equivalent freedom units are.

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        It says 50,000 cans. How much more freedom can you get than cans of cheap, shitty American beer?

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          5 days ago

          How much is that in terms of algae filled reflecting pools?