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Why do we need electricity?
Question Date: 2004-04-06
Answer 1:

We don't. p.s. Even though people lived for thousands of years without it, electricity helps us every day in hundreds of ways. From providing light and heat to making it possible to search the internet and watch television, electricity affects us all. Without electricity, your refrigerator wouldn't work, materials like plastic and fleece could not be made, and, in fact, most everyday things could not be produced.



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