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Originally posted by One, Two, Middlesboogie
Because it's a stupid idea. Plastic banknotes is just daft. It'd be harder to fold them in your wallet, for a start. And we've only got enough oil to last us 40 years, so we should use it wisely.
When I saw this topic's title, I thought it was about simply changing the design on the notes. Now that I agree with. As David Byrne (lead singer of Talking Heads) said, 'US money is the worst-looking money in the world'. Call me jingoistic or xenophobic, but when I went to New York I was surprised by how painfully ugly the banknotes were. And all the notes are the same size... what the hell's up with that?
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Harder to fold into your wallet? We have plastic notes here and they are just as easy to put into your wallet as paper notes, so it use's up a little oil, paper use's up wood, atleast with the plastic one's the counter fit statistics would drop. Besides they will most likely find something else to make plastic out of when the time comes. And yeah this topic title is about changing the design of the note. And does'nt New York have the same note as the rest of the U.S?