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oldhippie

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6. I would have been less skeptical if ......

Sun Apr 27, 2014, 08:42 PM

Apr 2014

... the article hadn't said, "A 250-kilowatt battery system ... ." Yeah, I know it's probably just the "journalist" doesn't understand the terms, but still .....

I, too, hope that it works. But I notice the article has the " ...if it lives up to its billing," caveat.

(sigh) I really want to believe in these breakthroughs, but I've been watching them come out now for almost 50 years.

You're right - we'll see.

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