@boem to World NewsEnglish • 10 months agoIt begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion carselectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square6arrow-up1176arrow-down113cross-posted to: [email protected]technology
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minus-squarePugJesuslinkfedilink32•10 months agoBut hey, good for them. It’s like why so much of Sub-Saharan Africa ended up with massive increases in mobile phone usage despite relatively low landline penetration - it’s much easier to adopt something than to replace an existing infrastructure.
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️linkEnglish21•10 months agoYes, and not having a big money lobby behind whatever the old thing was fighting tooth and nail against progress probably helps, too.
But hey, good for them. It’s like why so much of Sub-Saharan Africa ended up with massive increases in mobile phone usage despite relatively low landline penetration - it’s much easier to adopt something than to replace an existing infrastructure.
Yes, and not having a big money lobby behind whatever the old thing was fighting tooth and nail against progress probably helps, too.