Ooh! Ooh! I actually WORKED on ZETA!
(Sorry, just couldn't resist - one does not often get one over on Mr. Draper....)
But he's correct. "Sun in a Bottle", that was the headline at the time (1962?). It's always been 25 years in the future. The irritating thing is that it actually does work, it's just the problem of getting the scale, controllability and continuity of the process right. I don't see it happening until the oil actually shows signs of running out.
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