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That’ll never work, a collection of quotes from relatively smart people dismissing relatively awesome technologies:

There is not the slightest indication that [nuclear energy] will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will. ~ Albert Einstein

Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation. So let’s not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emissions standards for man-made sources. ~ Ronald Reagan

Let this be a lesson to us contrarians.

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