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[โ€“] comrade19@lemmy.world 77 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Omg but imagine if we burnt coal to power a steam piston to make it faster. Then we wouldn't even need kites!

[โ€“] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Think of all the people you could employ shoveling coal.