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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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[–] death_to_carrots@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Sounds like a gravity battery.