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[-] Tehdastehdas@piefed.social 6 points 2 days ago

Back when electric cars were uncool, BMW tried adding a little bit of steam to their cars:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbosteamer

Anything to avoid giving up the toxic unreliable rube-goldbergian fossil-fueled mess, anything but the beautiful simplicity of electricity.

[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Okay. But did it have one of those steam whistles, like on the old railroad? I feel like it would have done better on the market with a nice choo choo.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

YOU JUST GAVE ME THE BEST WORST IDEA

what if we built a teensy helios 1 on top of a car to boil water while driving. like a mr fusion. we could have espresso!

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