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Write an essay on the use of electricity and magnetism in our future transportation with relevant references. Go into detail electricity magnetism 1500 words
Society has advanced dramatically in the past century, and along
with that transportation has shifted from the reliable horse and
carts to planes, trains, and automobiles. After the invention of
the motor vehicle we have never looked back when it comes to
creating innovative new designs and creating more efficient
automobiles. Planes and Trains have also made a leap in the past
century forever changing the time it takes to travel places. In the
present time period we have massive trains engines that can pull
miles and miles of train cars. Fully electric cars are the future
of ground transportation. The use of electricity in cars will also
have a massive impact on future transportation. Large engines that
use combustible fuel usually drive trains, but electric trains are
also being used around the world and have been for decades.
Electric trains are used around the world most for transportation
of people instead of goods. Their electric motors are powered from
a receiver that remains in contact with a wire supplying the
electricity that runs parallel with the train. Electric trains are
more efficient, cheaper to run, and they can accelerate much faster
than their previous predecessors .Electricity and magnetism are
already being used in transportation methods in the present time to
a certain degree, but electricity and magnetism are going to be two
of the most important factors used in creating the future of our
transportation. Electric cars are no longer a thing of the past in
today’s times. However, they are sparsely found due to high prices,
and the lack of motivation to purchase one. Many people stray away
from them because people think that they cannot travel very far
distances on a charge. A type of car that is going to help lead
consumers to purchase fully electric cars in future is the hybrid
vehicle, which is a gasoline/electric car that uses gas power for
the higher power is needed, and uses electricity when power is not
needed as much . The future for electric cars is to develop more
efficient batteries that can keep the car on the road longer. Also,
more places around the country will provide places to charge your
vehicle. At first these cars will be expensive, but with technology
advancements the batteries that power the car will become smaller,
cheaper, and more available .Fully electric cars are the future of
ground transportation. The use of electricity in cars will also
have a massive impact on future transportation. Large engines that
use combustible fuel usually drive trains, but electric trains are
also being used around the world and have been for decades.
Electric trains are used around the world most for transportation
of people instead of goods. Their electric motors are powered from
a receiver that remains in contact with a wire supplying the
electricity that runs parallel with the train.
Magnetism will have a great impact on our future transportation,
because of the “levitation” abilities it offers. Other future
trains, besides possibly the “vac-train,” will use magnetism in
more ways than trains have before. Trains will use “magnetic
levitation”, or “maglev”, in order to propel them “300 plus miles
an hour” . Like the “vac-train,” these so called “MagLev trains”
will use “magnetic levitation” instead of wheels. Doing so will, as
said before, eliminate friction between the train cars and track.
The trains will be accelerated and slowed down by “a traveling
magnetic field” instead of motors or any other propulsion devices .
In order to supply the magnets, the use of “constant electrical
energy” is needed. New designs are being established in order to
eliminate the use of electricity to supply the magnetic power for
the trains. There are already trains that use a type of “magnetic
levitation” in other parts of the world, but perhaps in the future
society will be able to have these types of trains all around the
world using them to move people around between cities at extremely
fast speeds . Another type of train system of the future is the
“high speed string rail,” and this type of transportation is said
to be drastically cheaper and more effective than the other
previously mentioned methods of travel. This new type of rail
system that is being theorised will use “steel or concrete rails”
that are positioned high above the ground by support towers .Also,
since the train will be up off the ground it will be much cheaper
to produce this form of transportation because the train can easily
be made to go over rough terrain, mountains, or water.
More futuristic versions of transportation will be methods like the “vac-train” that will use a vacuum sealed tunnel with train cars propelled by “linear-induction motors,” and “magnetic levitation” instead of wheels.Electricity and magnetism are going to play a large role in the future of our transportation and supply us with extremely efficient means of travel.