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[–] SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 week ago (23 children)

I wonder if nuclear would get more traction If it was pitched as enhanced steam power instead

[–] zarathustra0@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (15 children)

I wonder how fast we could get a steam train to go if we stuck a suitably shaped non-critical amount of plutonium in the firebox.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And replace the pistons with a turbine...

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And replace the locomotive with a Delorean.

[–] milkisklim@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Then it'll only get up to 88 mph.

[–] e0qdk@reddthat.com 7 points 1 week ago

What does a mile per hour really even mean when you can turn back time? 🤔️

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