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[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 333 points 1 month ago

So the energy this truck uses is harnessed via mining and loading... Essentially this energy was stored in the ore via geological processes.

This truck uses continental drift as his fuel.

[-] Speculater@lemmy.world 92 points 1 month ago
[-] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 1 month ago

Or in physics terms, potential energy.

[-] brrt@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 month ago

Since everything seems to be going downhill right now, how would I harness that power? You telling me the crystal peddling influencers were right all along? 🤣

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 month ago

I've seen a cable lift that worked basically like that. It transferred ore down the mountain, so heavy buckets going down lifted the empty buckets back up.

[-] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

Didn't Tom Scott make a video about this?

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 month ago

Statistically, yes.

[-] CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I’ve heard of a diesel-electric logging truck that uses this concept as well. Use the batteries going up the mountain empty, charge them again going downhill loaded.

[-] brlemworld@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The truck has a penis?

this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2024
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