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Environment & Energy

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1. we almost had cars in the 1700's century. if they had believed in the inventor, i wonder if we would

Sun May 31, 2015, 04:16 AM

May 2015

be better off or worse. what would they have used to fuel it?

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How fossil fuel burning nearly wiped out life on Earth – 250m years ago [View all] Binkie The Clown May 2015 OP

I think it was earlier than that. Unknown Beatle May 2015 #2

yes but this model was too small to carry people. drray23 May 2015 #3

From a climate point of view, we'd have been worse off; they'd have used coal muriel_volestrangler Jun 2015 #4