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xkcd bot@lemmy.worldB to xkcd@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 hours ago

xkcd #3244: Pullback Drive

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xkcd #3244: Pullback Drive

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xkcd #3244: Pullback Drive

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“How does the spring not run out almost immediately?” “We pull it back REALLY far.”

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3244/

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  • cybervseas@lemmy.world
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    I can’t remember which car but an early hybrid vehicle did charge up a flywheel instead of an electric battery…

  • s@piefed.world
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    Put another pullback motor in but backwards and you’ve got yourself infinite energy

  • Hoimo@ani.social
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    Put a big wind-up key on the back for when it runs out.

    • lime!@feddit.nu
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      i’ve seen people do that with vw beetles. it’s cute.

  • eigenraum@discuss.tchncs.de
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    Exactly what I’m looking for, I live on a mountain and work in the valley.

    • death_to_carrots@feddit.org
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      Sounds like a gravity battery.

    • egrets@lemmy.world
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      So you reverse the car to work and then coast your way home on spring power? I guess you’d have to go the long way into work.

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