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universe doesn't follow a straight path to optimal.. only locally optimal bits.

what if ICE never took off and we spent 100 years developing electric vehicles ?




WWII would have looked very different, especially the aircraft. Naval warfare would have looked nothing like it did. Well, maybe naval boilers wouldn't be counted as ICE, but even if you allow for that it likely means no oil based infrastructure so everybody is still shoveling coal. Even that relatively small change makes a big difference.




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