Japan introduces magnetic levitation for cars: the end of all engines and batteries

EcoNews ^ | 31/7/24 | D. Garcia

[Teacher317]

Annnnd now one small explosive by just one person can shut down an entire major artery for days or weeks... a crew of 6-10 terrorists can shut down an entire city pretty easily. Heck, even a small handful of the Stop The Oil grannies can shut it all down by gluing themselves to just a few locations of rail.

[nikos1121]

Hmmm. I don’t know. Might be one big go around?

[GOPJ]

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And can only be mined by third world children 10 and under....

[Colt1851Navy]

The Chinese could use these on their roads and bridges to nowhere,

[sonova]

Won’t the magnet levitating a car dissipate it’s magnetism?

No.

[ifinnegan]

That was my thought too.

But the street is the track.

Maybe it’s analogous to only being able to drive on paved roads.

[aquila48]

If the current doesn’t dissipate can you use it to run some machinery forever?

[sonova]

Also no. A stable magnetic field cannot do work.

[Revel]

This article is so void of needed details that is sounds like national enquirer material. What actually propels the vehicle in a given direction? How would it climb a 45 degree inclination? Obviously there is energy involved. Other wise you work it into a proprietorial motion machine and solve all of the worlds energy problems. It is just a silly article.

[Vermont Lt]

And if the cops don’t want you going anywhere…they simply turn off the road.

[Organic Panic]

The government needs to send me millions so I can finally get my levitating car that works on monopole magnets powered by AC batteries.

And throw in a flux capacitor for good measure.

[LastDayz]

Nope..... stated correctly. Propulsion is initiated by a large consumption of beans the night before... give or take. Just aim in the opposite direction you wanna go and BOOM... you’re off.

[Eleutheria5]

AC batteries?! Damn! why didn’t I think of that?

[Organic Panic]

All you need is a government ‘grant.’ And anything is possible.

[Eleutheria5]

Well, I’ll just have to hunker down and make a “breakthrough”.

[newfreep]