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Mad Power thoughts

EV Info

Gas turbines are fairly flexible to switch on and off as wind varies, they’re relatively cheap, highly efficient and much lower in emissions than wood, coal or oil. Northern England would now be as brimming with home-grown gas as parts of Pennsylvania and Texas. Gas is the only answer. What would I do?

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

You waste a little bit of silicon, but silicon’s pretty cheap. Jack [Tramiel] made the bet that by the time we were ready to produce a product, 64K Rams would be cheap enough for us to use,” Charpentier said. Computer bookstores carry a wide selection of books on the C-64. It’s only sand.” At that point, you’re hung up.”

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