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Old 05-16-2010, 07:29 PM   #35 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dcb View Post
well superconductors are not exactly new, has anyone actually tried it? Even if they do solve room temperature superconductors (or an antenna in a thermos?) does it make wireless powering of a car efficient? i.e. within a percentage of a wired connection (assuming we get to use superconductors in the grid too)?

Or are there some other assumptions going on here that are not obvious?
The main point is to recover some energy that is currently being wasted.
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