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[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 333 points 1 week ago (6 children)

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 week ago (1 children)
[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 1 week ago

Or in physics terms, potential energy.

[–] brrt@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 week 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 week 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 week ago (2 children)

Didn't Tom Scott make a video about this?

[–] CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week 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 week ago

The truck has a penis?