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  • Re: NYC subway, was: Regenerative braking on diesel-electric trains

    From The Horny Goat@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jun 29 20:46:16 2026
    On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:28:29 -0000 (UTC), danny burstein
    <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

    In <111mn9b$q93$1@panix2.panix.com> kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes:

    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
    I've read that the NYC subway uses about as much power as the entire >>>state of Vermont. Haven't confirmed this, but it seems plausible.

    They have electricity in Vermont now? Wow!

    just during thunderstorms..

    I dunno - it's amazing what you can do with gerbils on treadmills to
    run generators...

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  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/10 to All on Tue Jun 30 15:21:32 2026
    On 6/29/2026 11:46 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
    On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:28:29 -0000 (UTC), danny burstein
    <dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

    In <111mn9b$q93$1@panix2.panix.com> kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) writes: >>
    Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
    I've read that the NYC subway uses about as much power as the entire
    state of Vermont. Haven't confirmed this, but it seems plausible.

    They have electricity in Vermont now? Wow!

    just during thunderstorms..

    I dunno - it's amazing what you can do with gerbils on treadmills to
    run generators...

    Seeing its VT, its easier to get chipmunks.

    pt

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