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No magic required: the tech for transporting electricity predates writing, and that by about six millenia; while reusable storage was only about 27 years after
by ben_w 1y ago
No magic required: the tech for transporting electricity predates writing, and that by about six millenia; while reusable storage was only about 27 years after dynamo generators, 1859 vs. 1832.
Both have since been improved upon somewhat.
- dr_dshiv 1y agoWhat are you referring to? Copper?
- ben_w 1y agoMostly, but gold and silver are also simultaneously antiquity-era metals and great electrical conductors. No generators to connect to a power grid, nothing to use the power for, but they could still transport electricity in the time before writing.