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minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60·6 days agoGod, imagine the trouble we could’ve saved if battery technology was less primitive at the time.
minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72·6 days agoimagine where battery tech would be if we never started burning bones for power.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·6 days agoImagine if that first ape that climbed down from the trees went “Nah.” And climbed back up.
minus-squareѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-25 days agoNo job. No taxes.
minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 days agoHearing nothing but positives so far.
minus-squareLengAwaits@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoViagra Boys - “The Cognitive Trade-Off Hypothesis”
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 days agoPedantic, but most fossil fuels are from plant matter.
minus-squarelaranis@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoNot yet… few more years of climate change and those of us left will welcome the reliability and independence afforded by the horse. We’ll get there!
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoSorta. This thing was basically a horse carriage with an electric motor. If you build it light and don’t expect it to go much faster than a horse at a trot, then yes, you can have a perfectly functional electric car with decent range way back then.
FULL CIRCLE
God, imagine the trouble we could’ve saved if battery technology was less primitive at the time.
imagine where battery tech would be if we never started burning bones for power.
Imagine if that first ape that climbed down from the trees went “Nah.” And climbed back up.
No job. No taxes.
No skibidi toilet
Hearing nothing but positives so far.
Viagra Boys - “The Cognitive Trade-Off Hypothesis”
Thank you sir
Pedantic, but most fossil fuels are from plant matter.
I like how you think!
Not yet… few more years of climate change and those of us left will welcome the reliability and independence afforded by the horse. We’ll get there!
Sorta. This thing was basically a horse carriage with an electric motor. If you build it light and don’t expect it to go much faster than a horse at a trot, then yes, you can have a perfectly functional electric car with decent range way back then.