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		netzone on May 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Boring Company will develop an underground “pe... I guess mobile PowerPacks with solar panels? Just deploy a few thousand outside the tunneling area and then automate the battery switching. Could run it 24/7 without anyone ever going to Mars even.

_Microft on May 29, 2019 [–]

That's how I understood. Instead of laying cables, the packs are moved back and forth between the charging site and the tunnel drilling machine.

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