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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I don't need to. Because I know that it was made as a commercial product in 2015 (or earlier).

We don't use a nuclear reactor to power an iPhone. We use just as much power as we need in commercial tech to get the job done, without ridiculously excessive overkill. Because we have to meet the bottom line to turn a profit.

But the point still stands that you have no idea what kind of tech and power is running the hoverboard. The hoverboard has enough power to carry Doc and uh the chick with ease. Not saying it can lift a train, just saying you have no idea what kind of power it has.

Also, why wouldn't it have nuclear power? Doc comes back with that Mr. Fusion thing that makes nuclear power just by putting garbage into it. The hoverboard could have some never ending battery on it or something.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

The advantage of being able to get the hover tech functional in 1885 is that a) it theoretically allows the train to reach 88mph without risk of derailment or having to overcome the tech limitations of steam trains of the era, and b) you could theoretically put the train high enough in the air to dramatically increase the odds of being struck by lightning to power the flux capacitor. But it likely would dramatically up the costs and time needed to upgrade, so it might certainly be better to just get time travel working and cross your fingers.

But you don't need hover tech to get a train to reach 88mph since they already did that. And I'm thinking Doc is smart enough to make a train that can do that without blowing up.
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