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JEFF BEZOS: HEAVY INDUSTRY WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE OFF EARTH... IT SOUNDS LIKE SCIENCE FICTION BUT IT’LL HAPPEN “Since I was a kid here in Miami, I’ve thought that if we want to keep growing our civilization and using more energy per person, we’ll have to move all of our...

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