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But isn’t it consuming energy? Where is that kilowatt going?
by doctor_eval 6y ago
But isn’t it consuming energy? Where is that kilowatt going?
- ben_w 6y agoWhat is the “it” here? EmDrive looks like an accounting error to me, not something that actually works. Any energy it expends turns into heat, radiating in a predictable but not necessarily isotropic way. This radiation carries momentum, but much less than the EmDrive claims to be capable of. A rocket or ion drive? The energy goes into the kinetic and gravitational potential of the exhaust. (Aside: kilowatts are power, not energy).