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“No Tariffs on Sharing”: Tool Libraries Offer Resilience Amid Federal Chaos (truthout.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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As Trump imposes tariffs, tool libraries can serve as a sustainable alternative to consuming more products.

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[–] greenhorn@lemm.ee 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A couple friends and I have a "do not buy" spreadsheet with all our shared tools and equipment. If none of us have it a local lending library probably does

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

That’s a smart idea. There should be a whole website for this. Like, people who have a pretty good garage workshop and are willing to allow people to use it without cost. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve thought, man if I just had a table saw for 5 minutes.