Can the Web stop global warming and save the world? The question isn’t
quite as daft as it may seem. The history of technology is littered with
examples of new developments supplanting the old—from electric lights
ousting gas lamps to jumbo jets replacing transatlantic liners. So could the Net
replace the car?
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