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> we'll be able to ramp up nuclear power over a few decades.

Maybe if thorium comes on the radar.

> we've been pretty good at discovering and harvesting 'magic ponies' of all shapes and sizes.

Well, not that much. By the end of the roman republic, most of what made the industrial revolution possible was available, but it didn't happen until 18 centuries later.

parent wazoox 16 years ago

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