Imagine the real results of Star Trek's Transporter technology. -- Anon Guest
It was for cargo, initially. And of course there were a subset of the populace who preferred things transported the old-fashioned way. Some who claimed to taste the difference. But by and large, many people didn't care. You could beam produce straight from the farm to the store, with very little in the way of processing in-between.
People noticed when their food was fresher and lasted longer. People also noticed that bugs came along for the ride. Some even made it through alive. Some made it through inside the produce. Of course, someone had to fix that little flaw.
And it wasn't long after that that someone started transporting livestock. No more travel sickness. No more cargo holds riddled with disease.
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