They Had Electric Cars 100 Years Ago

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Late 19th century/Early 20th century Industrialists were ruthless

 

[General Mills]

Solar Panels were created by a Canadian in the 1905
If the first solar entrepreneur hadn’t been kidnapped, would fossil fuels have dominated the 20th century the way they did?

 

[ORDER_66]

Late 19th century/Early 20th century Industrialists were ruthless

They are the reason why america so fukked up and ass backwards transitwise... every other country moved forward except america with their transportation...

 

[EndDomination]

Solar Panels were created by a Canadian in the 1905
If the first solar entrepreneur hadn’t been kidnapped, would fossil fuels have dominated the 20th century the way they did?

There were commercial solar panels in the 1880s breh
They were pretty inefficient though. The latter group of solar panels that were developed prior to WWII are the modern ancestors of today's commercial solar panels.

The existing infrastructure for oil and coal power made it a lot easier to expand operation - unfortunately without independently developed infrastructure for solar power - there was a very low chance of fossil fuel dominance.

It also cannot be overlooked how vicious the fossil fuel industry was: global lobbying, private military, governmental control of actual military, bribery, outright massacres, etc.

 

[50CentStan]

America never did, and never will care about the planet. America only cares about $$$.

The combustion engine was and is still more practical.