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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl -3 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Lol we had this tech for centuries

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago

Enjoy your block bot

[–] Zron@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

We’ve had batteries with better energy density than fossil fuels for centuries?

Were the Roman’s just sitting on magic batteries but did nothing with them because no one had invented the iPhone yet?

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 0 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Nope. Sails. They work great for moving people and cargo across oceans.

No fossil fuels required

[–] middlemouse@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Sail boats are a bag of shit

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Sail boats are amazing. Wtf. Have you never been in one?

[–] middlemouse@lemmy.world 0 points 49 minutes ago (1 children)

Yes I have been, they are wildly impractical for real international travel

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 25 minutes ago

Apparently you don't know history.