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             country on the energy consumption of a single US household.
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           <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/bitcoin-is-unsustainable" role="button">Source</a></p>
+          <h2>30-4-2015: 1970 Researchers Predicted Debit Cards Would be Great for Surveillance</h2>
+          <p>&quot;Suppose you were an advisor to the head of the KGB,
+          the Soviet Secret Police. Suppose you are given the
+          assignment of designing a system for the surveillance of all
+          citizens and visitors within the boundaries of the USSR. The
+          system is not to be too obtrusive or obvious. What would be
+          your decision?&quot;<br>
+          The think tank RAND essentially answered this question with
+          a blueprint for modern payment systems.  Taler offers an
+          escape from the financial panopticon.
+          </p>
+          <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/1970s-researchers-predicted-debit-cards-would-be-great-1699216972" role="button">Source</a></p>
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