It's the fact that it's financial - the bit that really hurts is that there is still coal down there that we can get, but due to financial constraints it's put an end to it.

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Could a modern president leave Washington DC for weeks on end, especially if made to operate under the information constraints of the Depression era?

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Because the chips can be manufactured using conventional fabs and aren't subject to the same manufacturing constraints as traditional flash, they may also end up being far cheaper per gigabyte.

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