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Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 (view source)
Revision as of 19:48, November 26, 2011
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| An [[John Galt#The electrostatic motor|electrostatic motor]]
| An [[John Galt#The electrostatic motor|electrostatic motor]]
| A '''[[John Galt#The quantum motor|quantum motor]].''' The explanation given in the film is less than accurate; it uses terms like "Casimir Effect" and "Atmospheric vacuum" in an attempt to explain something that the script writers probably did not understand. (Its attempt to substitute [[helium]] atoms for the nanoparticles on which a real quantum motor would depend has earned much of the scorn of [[Mainstream Media]] critics—not that the critics themselves would grasp the concept of a quantum motor.) Nevertheless, a quantum motor, using quantum vacuum and Casimir-Lorentz forces, ''would'' be feasible.
| A '''[[John Galt#The quantum motor|quantum motor]].''' The explanation given in the film is less than accurate; it uses terms like "Casimir Effect" and "Atmospheric vacuum" in an attempt to explain something that the script writers probably did not understand. (Its attempt to substitute [[helium]] atoms for the nanoparticles on which a real quantum motor would depend has earned much of the scorn of [[Mainstream Media]] critics—not that the critics themselves would grasp the concept of a quantum motor.) Nevertheless, a quantum motor, using quantum vacuum and Casimir-Lorentz forces, ''would'' be feasible.
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| Foreign affairs
| All governments, other than that of the [[United States]], are "People's States." Therefore, all are in worse shape than is America.
| The [[Middle East]] has "imploded." This suggests that the [[Arab]] countries, and the Republic of [[Israel]], exist in this story just as they exist today. The difference: all trade and other relationships with the [[oil]]-exporting countries have ceased, and even the Petrodollar System has collapsed—totally. Some countries ''do'' rely on whatever handouts the [[United States]] can produce—but United States currency is no longer sufficient. Hence, hard-goods relief shipments—and [[Ragnar Danneskjøld]]'s opportunity.
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