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xkcd #3244: Pullback Drive

Title text:

"How does the spring not run out almost immediately?" "We pull it back REALLY far."

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3244/

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[–] egrets@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

So you reverse the car to work and then coast your way home on spring power? I guess you'd have to go the long way into work.