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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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They were invented decades ago.

They have fewer moving parts than wheelbois.

They require less maintenance.

There's obviously some bottleneck in expanding maglev technology, but what is it?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that factoring in the always on cooling of the magnets?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's an article about the subject, paper linked at the bottom of the article: https://phys.org/news/2010-12-high-speed-pollute-percent-traditional.html

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thx, as I understand it, this is calculated for traditional railway technology and does not have anything to do with to maglev.