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NeverEnough on Jan 26, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car#Golden_age

"In 1900, 40% of American automobiles were powered by steam, 38% by electricity, and 22% by gasoline.[19]"

BuildTheRobots on Jan 26, 2015 [–]

Well, that's absolutely blown my mind -thank you.

Now I just want to know how they were dealing with power storage...

jvanloov on Jan 26, 2015 | [–]

Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Jamais_Contente

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