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atyh | 17 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 i kinda wish steam power was still a thing. its harder, and temperamental, but i wonder how good it could be by now if we would have kept working on it
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hodlcuban | 17 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I don't know much about it, how does it compare in efficiency to ice etc
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atyh | 17 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 i only know a little.
but it seems like steam creating power was never the difficulty. it was always generating the heat to make steam that was the costly and difficult part. 
but i mean… steam powered 4x4 converted bus rv thing. ❤️