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"The whole problem of energy sources is going to be solved by little solutions, not by some big new piece of technology that does everything. We got into this crisis by believing that we had one big piece of technology that would do everything (oil)."
- Gregory Benford
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| Aerocar | ||
| A personal flying vehicle. |
This is (as far as I know) the first use of the word "aerocar."
| He was now developing the film in his room at the Flash office, and the aerocar which had brought him was still outside the large bay window swinging gently to and fro at its moorings in the summer breeze. |
| Technovelgy from The Abduction of Alexandra Seine,
by Fred C. Smale. Published by Not Known in 1900 Additional resources -
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At the time this book was written, there were neither standardized cars nor airplanes.
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