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Buying a new car is not better than keeping an old one (lemmy.world)
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[–] magnetosphere@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 1 points 2 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.