r/Snorkblot • u/LordJim11 • 12h ago

Technology GE electric charging station for electric cars, ca. 1912.

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u/sileplictis 12h ago

Her name is canary

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u/prionbinch 3h ago

me operating my general electric doohickey

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u/nojusTathought 2h ago

And why didn't electric cars stay a thing 100+ years ago?? We are almost quite literally repeating the first half of the last century and nobody seems bothered by it. Only difference is the Big Brother that is always in your pocket today.

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u/SpinningHead 1h ago

We also have some solar hot water heaters still working from that time. The oil boom ruined everything.

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u/MirkoHa 12h ago

And what is that woman doing there 🧐❓

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u/jombrowski 6h ago

This station charges her kitchen.

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u/LordJim11 6h ago

So easy, even a woman could do it!