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Originally Posted by solomarineris
Look, we are still driving a basic Combustion Engine which was invented 110 yrs ago, same engine, no matter it is in latest Corvette or Bonnie & Clyde's Ford V8.
OTOH look at meteoric rise of computer technology, do I need to say more?
We are inventing stuff with exponential speed. Where does the know-how come from when it is in baby steps in other areas?
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Well, what do you think could be the difference?
Personally, I'd put at least a part of it down to the fact that a wheel is already about as good as you are going to get for moving things for a low energy cost, and to the fact that even a 1940s car was getting about 10% of the energy out of a litre of petrol.
On the other hand, we turned out to be using electronic components that were billions of times larger than they needed to be, leaving lots and lots of room for improvement.
On the other hand, you could look at things another way. The radio that my parents had in the 50s was pretty similar to the one that I have now, but the car parked on my drive would have won the first grand prix that was run, and would also get me to and from the event in comfort.
So maybe you are actually focussing on what you want to focus on to prove a point.