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Comment by Anarch157a

1 day ago

Mythbusters lifted a 2 ton car using a consumer grade vacuum cleaner. the math is this: the air pressure over 1 sq meter is about 10 tonnes, so if make a box with that area and reduce the pressure by 0.25 atm, you get a force of equivalent to 2.5 tonnes, enough to lift the car.

https://www.youtube.com/live/GbqKwPktCdo?xstg=CAMSBhUDze3xHw...