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   Dimensional Traveler to All   
   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   14 Jan 14 21:03:36   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 1/14/2014 1:07 PM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:   
   > On 1/14/14 3:48 PM, Leszek Karlik wrote:   
   >   
   >> In China, for example, the car culture of the US will probably never   
   >> develop.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   >      Wouldn't bet on that. They are poised to pass the US in car   
   > ownership in the next few years.   
   >   
   Plus the fact that China is engaged in a highway construction program   
   that IIRC surpasses our Interstate Highway system.   
      
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