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089 - Connections - James Burke

You Are Not So Smart

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The Story of the Carburetor

Daimler's carburetor allowed precise regulation of the gasoline mixture in extremely efficient, tiny explosions. With that, the automobile industry was launched and refinement of those ideas eventually led to Henry Ford, the Toyota Prius,. The Interstate Highway System, and 1.3 million people dying in car accidents every year. And whatever happens next with driverless vehicles and Uber and on and on it goes.

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