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I often wonder how much better battery technology would be today if batteries had become a more popular solution than gasoline back in the day.
It’s weird to think that electric vehicles (albeit primitive ones) existed over a hundred years ago.
Imagine if instead of rewarding Reagan for having the Iranians keep the hostages so he could rip the solar cells off the White House, we;d rewarded Carter for recognizing the trap oil was.