After a while I started to think of that as an image of something that went a lot deeper than the dead dog, which is you can't bring back anything to life.
“I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and contra initiatives.”
“For example, a breakthrough in better batteries could supplant hydrogen. Better solar cells could replace or win out in this race to the fuel of the future. Those, I see, as the three big competitors: hydrogen, solar cells and then better batteries.”