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An excerpt from ‘The Usborne Book of the Future: A Trip in Time to the Year 2000 and Beyond’
We haven’t struck gold in space and my car radio isn’t solar powered at all, at least we have the home computers that was predicted in the 1979 book, The Usborne Book of the Future: A Trip in Time to the Year 2000 and Beyond.

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  1. Keep your windows closed at high speeds—drag from open windows can reduce a car’s fuel efficiency by 10 percent.
  2. Cleaning 100 pounds of junk from your car will get you up to 2 percent more miles per gallon.
  3. Tighten your gas cap—a leaking or missing cap can release 30 gallons of fuel per year into the atmosphere.

(Blatantly reproduced from Discover Magazine.)

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Too bad I only know how to design stuff for the web and not bugs that dump out petroleum after a meal.

Next on the list should be bugs that consume plastic and breathe in carbon monoxide and shit out pretty flowers and tasty marshmallows.

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