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Re:Battery-electric “Infinity Train” will charge itself usin... by m3kw9 on Monday July 31, 2023 @11:40AM (#36944304)
Seems like a circular problem, how did you get all the cargo at the top of the hill in the first place?
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Re:Battery-electric “Infinity Train” will charge itself usin... by bwilliams18 on Monday July 31, 2023 @11:48AM (#36944440)
they're extracting the cargo from the earth at the top of the hill.
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Re:Battery-electric “Infinity Train” will charge itself usin... by jlhawn on Monday July 31, 2023 @11:49AM (#36944451)
It's a mine. The hill is the cargo.
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Re:Battery-electric “Infinity Train” will charge itself usin... by jnsaff2 on Monday July 31, 2023 @11:49AM (#36944452)
Mountain forming is how all that cargo got to the top.
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