China has reduced energy usage and pollution by introducing the world's first high-speed carbon fiber train. This invention demonstrates China's expertise in environmentally friendly rail technology as well as the effectiveness of its vast high-speed rail system.
Carbon fibre is cheaper and less energy-intensive than steel (in addition to being recyclable), making it an excellent sustainable alternative for use in trains.
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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.
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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China has done this with a passenger train, which promises to be more energy-efficient than traditional trains.
What an excellent idea! Carbon fibre is already used in automotive and aerospace industries, so why not in trains?
Besides being more sustainable, the lighter frame would allow for increased speeds, thus making carbon fiber perfect for high-speed trains.
Carbon fibre is cheaper and less energy-intensive than steel (in addition to being recyclable), making it an excellent sustainable alternative for use in trains.
Ion propulsion can also be a revolutionary technology for powering cargo drones.
Ion propulsion technology, if ever realized, could end the reliance on fossil fuels and transform the travel industry.
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
A wind-powered aircraft
(5 upvotes)Start using ion engines in cars, trains, and airplanes
(6 upvotes)Ion engines are currently used only in space and would be very impractical in earth’s atmosphere.
There are few trains like this in operation around the world, like China’s maglev train that can reach speeds of 600 kph
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/china-fastest-maglev-train-intl-hnk/index.html
It sounds like the hyperloop concept, which would be revolutionary if it succeeds.
I guess the train drivers can see them so that’s ok then.
Ironically, this is the only station sign you could actually read when going past
Not sure if this is “greenwash” but it is being looked into in the UK.
Been proven to work already – we need them in the UK as we rely on diesel too much