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</span><span style="font-size: larger;">I love science fiction and as a &ldquo;Trekie&rdquo; from the 60&rsquo;s I have always embraced the innovative futuristic ideas that they presented.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">However at some point reality has to meet the cost of innovation. As a country we are mired in 15 trillion dollars of debt and we have a president and congress that are always willing to add to it with no sense of accountability of what happens when the debt comes due.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">I mention this because this morning I read an article from domemagazine.com that contains the following statement by the author.</span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong><span style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;One recent innovation that caught my attention isn&rsquo;t so much about the car as it is the road itself. Researchers at Stanford have proposed a game-changing idea: an electrical highway that will charge your electric car battery as you drive.&rdquo;</span></strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"><em><strong><span style="font-size: large;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &ldquo;That&rsquo;s right, no stopping or plugging in required. In other words, they&rsquo;ve invented the car equivalent of a Starbucks drive-thru, but a whole lot faster and a great way to alleviate the &lsquo;range anxiety&rsquo; and inconvenient recharging issues that deter many people from considering an electric vehicle.&rdquo;</span></strong></em></span><br />
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<a href="http://domemagazine.com/foreigncorrespondent/ar022112"><span style="font-size: larger;">http://domemagazine.com/foreigncorrespondent/ar022112</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">I wonder how much will these magic highways cost to build? How many will there be? Where will they be built? Who will pay for the cost of the technological advances?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">It begs the question: Who can afford vehicles that run 30 miles on a charge and cost $43,000 ($33,000 with the proposed Obama kickback from Government Motors) from you and me as the taxpayer?</span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><em><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">Oh that&rsquo;s right -- MONEY IS NO OBJECT! WE CAN JUST PRINT MORE OR BORROW IT FROM CHINA!</span></strong></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">This scenario fits in perfectly with Emperor Obama&rsquo;s fantasyland plan for the bankruptcy of America!</span><br />
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