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Show No Atomic Engine! Major-General Leslie R. Groves, who directed the development of the atomic bomb, says that it will be "a number of decades" before the energy of the atom is harnessed for any beneficial peacetime use. Despite the fancy imagination of the futuristic authors, there is little reason to disagree with the statement of General Groves. In the meantime, plans might as well be made to utilize, oil, gas and electricity. There is no use to postpone improvements while awaiting the atomic engine. |