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Good guys & bad guys, villains & heroes stuck in a world soon to be "post-scarcity" due several breakthroughs. The first is unlimited energy harvested -- in a way reminiscent of Tesla -- right from the air, developed by physics savant John Galt. Another is a way of reviving spent oil-fields developed by oil tycoon Ellis Wyatt (who somehow has time to research & solve this problem after the minutia of managing his concern... but this is fiction, right. There is also Hank Reardon's revolutionary m
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A classic inspiration of struggle and strife revealed by its heroes during the developmental phase of mining gold mines and charting railroad lines, Rand's language of the day provides us with a hefty descriptive. These characters forge ahead, connecting us with the drama of innovation, growth in population, and supply and demand, as corporate moguls wrestle with transportation management issues across the vast divide. This wonderful novel quells America’s original desire to be first in global r
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