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When there is a gold rush while the entire forest is on fire, please sell water pumps, and fire trucks... 30 billion dollars could have been spent on useful things to make the world better. It could have been spent on livable cities, cycling infrastructure, lowering the impact of climate change, or if not that, plain education and healthcare