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> We couldn't have done solar or nuclear instead of oil 100 years ago Well, as of the 70s we were doing both. Hell, Jimmy Carter even put solar panels up at th
by ppseafield 8y ago
> We couldn't have done solar or nuclear instead of oil 100 years ago
Well, as of the 70s we were doing both. Hell, Jimmy Carter even put solar panels up at the White House. (Reagan took them down.)
- RobertoG 8y agoNot only that, but: "An electric vehicle held the vehicular land speed record until around 1900." (from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_electric_vehicl...)
- ars 8y ago> even put solar panels up at the White House. They were not solar panels (for electricity), they were solar water heaters, and they didn't work very well, which is why they were taken down.