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Solar powered 1912 electric vehicle

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Electric car ad from 1912 | Grist

1912 columbus electric car ad

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There's also the "comparative advantage" POV -- Britain has an extraordinary wave-energy resource that will be far cheaper to tap than your solar resource. Leaving aside the issue of clouds, Britain is rather far north, making the angles work rather badly for you. Give me ten years, though, and I'll be generating all the power the UK and Ireland can want from your waves. We'll need some more transmission from Cornwall and Scotland, though.