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20. Well, congrats to the engineer who looked at this and justified the conversion

Mon Aug 26, 2019, 11:14 PM

Aug 2019

Not many situations where this would work. No doubt a significant initial investment that had to be justified up front.

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WTH? 110-ton electric vehicle dump truck never needs recharging. [View all] ffr Aug 2019 OP

This is outstanding. onecaliberal Aug 2019 #1

When Formula One began using K.E.R.S. House of Roberts Aug 2019 #2

Meanwhile, the US wants to bring back coal... hlthe2b Aug 2019 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author hlthe2b Aug 2019 #6

Cheap coal is unaffordable. Coal at any price is unaffordable. marble falls Aug 2019 #7

Nicely stated packman Aug 2019 #13

what if it is not going up and down hills? pangaia Aug 2019 #4

Not to worry! If it's hauling out of a mine or quarry then abqtommy Aug 2019 #8

Ha Ha,, Shows you how much I know... pangaia Aug 2019 #9

I was responding to the comments that I replied to, not to your OP progree Aug 2019 #12

Wow! A perpetual motion machine! NNadir Aug 2019 #14

A perpetual motion machine would work with no external energy inputs jmowreader Aug 2019 #15

So it's only used once? NNadir Aug 2019 #16

Not at all jmowreader Aug 2019 #17

saving 11,000 to 22,000 gals of diesel fuel per year alone justifies it Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2019 #21