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CADmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Now that’s what I call “Propane Accessories”!

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  • QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• GluWu@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There were a number of electric busses in the early 1900s. There are plenty of large electric people and material movers. They’ve been used for a hundred years now for underground mining.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You mean trolley buses with overhead power lines? Doesn’t work so well for school routes that change.

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    • GluWu@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No, battery powered.

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      • someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So the range would have been laughable.

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      • CADmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Were they able to keep up with modern traffic and go out to the suburbs and back?

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• someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A bunch converted during the 70s oil embargo. I’m surprised it didn’t stick around

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