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World's largest EV never has to be recharged (www.greencarreports.com)
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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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 day ago (2 children)

Didn't Tom Scott make a video about this?

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago

Statistically, yes.