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With biomass plants, the government wanted to ensure that the climate targets would be met. The government set aside 10 billion euros for the construction of 628 biomass plants. Objections to the biomass plants soon arose: they would not be as CO2-neutral as was assumed and there would be more useful ways to use the biomass.

In 1905, the popsicle was invented by eleven-year-old Frank Epperson. He made a drink with water and some soda powder that he stirred through with a stick. Because his mother told him to go to sleep, he left the drink. When he woke up the next morning, it had frozen and the drink with the stick in it was frozen too. This was the first popsicle.

Columbus was looking for a faster sailing route to the Dutch East Indies. He planned to sail there via the West. With the financial support of the Spanish Queen Isabella, his ships left for the West, but instead of finding a new route to the Dutch East Indies there, he found the undiscovered continent of America.

The car manufacturer Alfa Romeo had the idea of making a racing car that looked like an ordinary car. Special races could be held with this kind of car, called Pro Cars: Formula S races. Alfa Romeo and racing fans were already enthusiastic, but other car manufacturers unfortunately did not cooperate with the plan.

The PlayStation game Cyberpunk 2077 was going to be a mega popular game. Eight years were spent working on it and investing heavily in it. The goal was to launch the game before Christmas 2020 at the same time as the PlayStation 5. There was a lot of pressure on this and even though the game was not quite ready, it was launched. As a result, there were a lot of errors in the game and the game could no longer be sold.

Hotline to Home was a telecom project with the aim of strengthening and maintaining important social contacts of hospitalised patients, using a combination of new technology and supporting communication volunteers. Unfortunately, it turned out that the patients involved did not understand the benefits of this project. The acceptance of video calls turned out to be low, contrary to theoretical considerations. Scarce personal contact was preferred to image calling.