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The new authorities swiftly loosened Assad-era restrictions, deluging the market with cheaper imports and lifting a moratorium that made dealing with dollars a criminal offense.

While the process of building modular is not cheaper than a regular build, it is faster, especially in a remote desert location.

But once companies develop products based on all that innovation, they’ve tended to move the manufacturing, with its high paying blue-collar jobs, elsewhere, chasing fewer regulations, cheaper energy and a less expensive cost of living.

Within that range, the mileage cost is cheaper than diesel - although it's complicated when taking account other factors, such as higher capital costs, lower maintenance costs and the unclear impact of depreciation.

"Given the rising cost of food and the enduring cost of living crisis for students... if that's the trade-off, then cheaper food is clearly the preference," he says.