From: root@127.0.0.1.retro.com   
      
   > The current answer to the last question isn't magnets but .. lasers.   
   > Free Electron lasers beam power to the climber, which converts the   
   > energy into mechanical energy (wheels or treads).  IIRC, a FEL has   
   > been designed that can do the job.   
      
   There's a lot of traffic in this thread about powering the climber. Why   
   can't it simply have a diesel/gasoline engine with its own oxygen supply?   
   Or run electrical cables up the elevator to power an electric motor?   
      
   Why make things more complicated than they need to be?   
      
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