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Kaleva

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18. This also assumed Congress funding it
Fri Oct 7, 2022, 11:15 AM
Oct 2022

Which could have been possible but we'll never know.

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Worse. It went from yeah, whatever, to yea, he says he invented the Internet, har har har Walleye Oct 2022 #1
Yes. And Al Gore actually DID help set up the modern Internet. raging moderate Oct 2022 #2
I know what an alternate universe it would've been but for 500 votes in Florida Walleye Oct 2022 #9
"Information super highway". No one publicly pushed this harder than Al Gore. Pobeka Oct 2022 #4
Woefully deficient Walleye Oct 2022 #8
I know we would never be samplegirl Oct 2022 #3
It would have required the industrial world to listen to him Kaleva Oct 2022 #5
An Apollo size program edhopper Oct 2022 #7
But they chose not to go that route. Same with India. Kaleva Oct 2022 #13
What I am saying edhopper Oct 2022 #14
This also assumed Congress funding it Kaleva Oct 2022 #18
It is a definite "What If?" edhopper Oct 2022 #24
I agree Kaleva Oct 2022 #25
Edward Teller, principal designer of the hydrogen bomb LastDemocratInSC Oct 2022 #6
Al Gore actually started warning long before that karynnj Oct 2022 #10
Before Al Gore, Jimmy Carter set the standard with Solar use at the White House malaise Oct 2022 #11
You're right. Jimmy was on top of it with the National Engery Act of 1978 SYFROYH Oct 2022 #16
I listened. ananda Oct 2022 #12
And in 1965 LBJ officially put congress on notice to take action, 57 years ago. Hortensis Oct 2022 #15
Notice how much things have been going to shit since Bush v. Gore? Yavin4 Oct 2022 #17
Not disagreeing about Gore's important role, Emrys Oct 2022 #19
We were sold a Disneyland existence by the corporations and now the show is ending while jalan48 Oct 2022 #20
Well inthewind21 Oct 2022 #22
Those who sell the snake oil know exactly what they are selling, the uninformed buyers don't. jalan48 Oct 2022 #23
That's inthewind21 Oct 2022 #26
Power differential. Corporations can spend billions of dollars selling a toxic jalan48 Oct 2022 #27
1993? inthewind21 Oct 2022 #21
I remember it well Hekate Oct 2022 #28
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