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There is a theory that with room temperature superconductors you could use an inductor for practical energy storage.
by dfox 3y ago
There is a theory that with room temperature superconductors you could use an inductor for practical energy storage.
- bananapub 3y agowhat are the practicalities of storing enormous magnetic fields and then collapsing them to draw power? that seems...not obviously a good idea.
- dfox 3y agoWell, exactly. While there is a way of getting some of the stored energy as an controlled power, most of the failure modes of such a thing leads to uncontrolled release of the stored energy, manifested by the whole thing just somewhat instantaneously turning into very hot gas.
- nrdgrrrl 3y ago[dead]
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