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+# Basic Components
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+Basic Components is a modification for Minecraft that adds in several new blocks and items, as well as providing a framework for electricity generation between mods coded with the Universal Electricity API
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+## Dependencies
+- [Universal Electricity](https://git.tilera.org/Anvilcraft/universal-electricity)
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