A People's History of the United States -
History of the US from the perspective of the Indians, Slaves, and Laborers.
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Tuesday, 18 June 2019
quote [ Early electric cars performed better in cities than internal combustion vehicles, but didn’t give riders the same illusion of freedom and masculine derring-do. ]
Give 'em a ride in your electric car
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5th Earth said[1] @ 7:10pm GMT on 18th Jun
[Score:1 Underrated]
I find the author's arguments that the rise of IC to dominance was somehow due to cultural conditions to be, frankly, unconvincing.
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satanspenis666 said @ 9:09pm GMT on 18th Jun
There were two main reasons why the IC was used over electric. Batteries were heavy and gasoline was cheap. Prior to the IC, gasoline was considered an unusable byproduct and was often pumped back underground.
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