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Ol Janx Spirit

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47. Which is one of the more urgent reasons to rapidly develop EV technology: anything...

Tue May 5, 2026, 08:08 PM

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...else we want to do--be it move off the Earth or into the oceans--will require the use of electric motors and not internal combustion engines.

Building colonies on the moon for example will take lots of solar, battery, and nuclear technology. We will not be driving MOPARs on the moon or Mars...ever.

Of course, if we continue to elect stable geniuses we are truly [REDACTED].

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