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Re: Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current

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Subject Re: Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current
Date 2015-08-06 21:57 +0000
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Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current

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>> Instead of ever increasing our energy production, what if we focused
>> instead on reducing our consumption? I expect power will be at a
>> premium in our first space colonies, and DC only from solar cells.
>> So, I embarked on an experiment to see if I could survive without the
>> luxury of alternating current.
 
People survived for tens of thousands of years without electricity of
any kind, on demand running water, central heat, air conditioning,
refrigeration, motors of any kind, antibiotics, pain relievers,
and a whole lot more; just not very well or for very long, ass hat.

 

-- 
Jim Pennino

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Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 08:48 -0500
  Re: Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-08-06 14:37 -0700
    Re: Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2015-08-06 15:55 -0700
  Re: Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current gilber34 <invalid@invalid.com> - 2015-08-06 16:50 -0500
  Re: Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-06 21:57 +0000
  Re: Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 12:49 -0700
    Re: Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-07 21:23 +0000
  Re: Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current Wally W. <ww84wa@aim.com> - 2015-08-08 09:38 -0400
    Re: Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current benj <nobody@gmail.com> - 2015-08-08 15:59 -0400
      Re: Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 06:48 -0400
        Re: Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-08-09 17:44 +0000
          Re: Op-ed: How I gave up alternating current HVAC <Mr.HVAC@gmail.com> - 2015-08-09 15:01 -0400

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