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significant amount of fossil fuels that had
instigated the industrial revolution – although
technically it was the invention of the cotton
mill, which was powered by rivers, that started
the British Industrial Revolution – were just the
remnants of phytoplankton and other algae
from millions of years ago, so she knew that the
principles for a large, self-powering battery
were there. There were major biological,
chemical, engineering and, more importantly,
economical barriers that had to be passed for
this to work but Sophie had instigated a
network of universities and private industries
long before she became prime minister for this
one goal and she now had batteries that were
capable to power a whole house on their own
and could support themselves nutritionally with
nothing but sunlight and the processes of
microalgae and bacteria in the battery through
a micro ecosystem that the scientist had
created.
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