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Yes and no. There's no possible way to have a superconductor be an actual hoverboard out in the broader world - the magnetic field of the earth is just nowhere near strong enough. You can make specialized areas where it would work, though. It's even been done already with LN2 cooled superconductors - https://www.theverge.com/2015/8/4/9091951/lexus-hoverboard-v...

SC could help enable nearly lossless transmission over power in HVDC lines, but HVDC lines are already significantly more efficient than our regular ones and we don't build them for a variety of reasons, so it might not make much of an impact there for regulatory/NIMBY/etc. type reasons.



The superconducting transmission line doesn’t need big towers, a clear path, a direct path or a shortest path.

It’ll be more like a thick pipe, perhaps buried.

Much easier it get a right of way, less environmental impact, less paperwork, less time to build.


I don't know if I would want such a strong electromagnet passing through my neighborhood.


That Lexus hoverboard is extremely cool. How did I miss this commercial?




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