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Start using ion engines in cars, trains, and airplanes

by Matt Leake Jun 5, 2024 4 Comments 4 Links

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Wendy Boat-Cumming on June 5, 2024 at 11:10 am
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Idea: Start using ion engines in cars, trains, and airplanes
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4UURuvrpd...
Ion propulsion can also be a revolutionary technology for powering cargo drones.

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Mickey on June 5, 2024 at 9:06 am
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Link: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/5...
Ion propulsion technology, if ever realized, could end the reliance on fossil fuels and transform the travel industry.

Fossil fuel-free jet propulsion with air plasmas
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Humans depend on fossil fuels as their primary energy source, especially in transportation. However, fossil fuels are both unsustainable and unsafe, serving as the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers in China have demonstrated a prototype device that uses microwave air plasmas fo... Read more

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MeterMan on June 5, 2024 at 7:39 am
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Link: https://news.mit.edu/2018/first-ionic-wind...
Check this out: MIT engineers have already designed and tested an ion propulsion engine on an aircraft!
https://news.mit.edu/2018/first-ionic-wind-plane-no-moving-parts-1121

MIT engineers fly first-ever plane with no moving parts
Link: https://news.mit.edu/2018/first-

MIT engineers have flown the first silent, fuel-free “ion plane.” The light aircraft is the first plane to fly with no propellers, turbine blades, or other moving parts.

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astronut on June 5, 2024 at 5:22 am
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Ion engines are currently used only in space and would be very impractical in earth’s atmosphere.

How Ion engines work
Link: https://universemagazine.com/en/

Everyone is used to perceiving ion engines as science fiction items. But they have been successfully operating in space for 50 years. So why haven’t they replaced chemical ones yet?

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