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Originally posted by: starkiller
1. People eventually die, drugs only delay it...that's the only I would rate it as high it probably should be.
2. Without electric manipulation, we wouldn't be talking this way.
3. Doesn't the internal combustion engine require electric manipulation (spark generation) to run?
4. Not possible without electricity.
5. People drank milk before pastuerization(sp?).
Given that, I'd have to say the harnessing of electricity is the most important.
Agreed that electricity was required for most things in the past, but they didn't get done until someone did the leg work.
Yes, people drank milk but it was a crap shoot in regards to whether you'd get sick or not.