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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

where do you think you get the steam from in the first place

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Coal, but the fantastical flying contraption in this thought exercise uses a container of pre-pressurized steam, so it wouldn't "run out of coal" like the one in the post. It'd just run out of steam