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by viburnum 2050 days ago
This would be a good analogy if in 1935 commercial aviation had already existed for 50 years.
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>" This would be a good analogy if in 1935 commercial aviation had already existed for 50 years."

Battery-powered electric vehicles have existed for over 100 years, and photovoltaic solar cells have existed for over 60 years, but both have really changed over the last 5, 10, and 20! Sometimes technologies can undergo major shifts due to external forces.