Megawatts by Microwave

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Computers Are Bad a newsletter by J. B. Crawford ☞ Archive ☞ Subscribe ☞ RSS megawatts by microwave 2026-07-04 In 1914 the Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Reclamation, investigated the possibilities of developing the Columbia River. Thousands of arid but potentially fertile acres needed only water to become the Imperial Valley of the Northwest. Locked in the mountain ranges were valuable ores awaiting electricity to turn them into needed metals. Two years late

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