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by fennecfoxy 31 days ago
I could see how this would be the case.

I think we reached peak "electricity" for the consumer decades ago. You know...when our TVs were a giant electron gun pointed as a phosphor screen whilst the room was lit with a filament of 3000 degree tungsten.

...and Americans were getting like 200HP out of a whole ass 7.whatever L v8 ahaha.

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Eh, don't forget we shipped bunch of our industry elsewhere, so while we became more efficient, we also made it somebody elses problem.