Could ME thrusters be used to produce torque?
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 12:01 pm
I was mowing the lawn yesterday and started wondering what would be more transformational; polywell fusion or M-E thrusters? As I pushed my two cylce gas powered mower along, I thought about how things would be different in my day to day life if either were prevalent throughout society. Until we get a better energy storage device (better batteries, or hydrogen fuel cells (and hydrogen storage), or capicators, etc), polywell fusion won't really affect my day to day life until at least 20 or 30 years when it becomes so prevalent, that the cost of energy begins to drop to almost insignificance. In otherwords, I will still be mowing my lawn with a gas powered mower (and trimmer!).
So, then I thought about M-E thrusters. It will definately change things (more so than Polywell fusion I think), but will it change my day to day life, i.e mowing my lawn. My first reaction was no, because while the M-E thruster could move my mower across the ground (easier that rolling on the wheels), the blade still needs to rotate to cut the grass. Then I thought, just put two M-E thrusters on a beam that is supported at the center of its legnth and able to rotate about that point. That would definately produce torque, but would it be any more efficient at converting electrical energy into torque than current methods?
Over to others to calculate (Paul??) the answer to that question. Oh by the way, wouldn't the centripetal accelaration of rotating around the center point add some efficiency to the M-E thruster?
So, then I thought about M-E thrusters. It will definately change things (more so than Polywell fusion I think), but will it change my day to day life, i.e mowing my lawn. My first reaction was no, because while the M-E thruster could move my mower across the ground (easier that rolling on the wheels), the blade still needs to rotate to cut the grass. Then I thought, just put two M-E thrusters on a beam that is supported at the center of its legnth and able to rotate about that point. That would definately produce torque, but would it be any more efficient at converting electrical energy into torque than current methods?
Over to others to calculate (Paul??) the answer to that question. Oh by the way, wouldn't the centripetal accelaration of rotating around the center point add some efficiency to the M-E thruster?