Search the Community

Neodymium appears to be a very strong magnet. Would it be possible to replace the electromagnets in a electric motor with normal magnets and have it spin. Then...use it to spin a generator *gasp* It isn't a pertpetual motion machine - the energy in the magnetism was added when the neodymium was formed in a supernova or some other dramatic event. It shouldn't last forever - I think it would decay and lose it's magnetism slowly as the energy is used up. But that would probably take billions of years. If it works, we have probably solved the world's power problems. But it won't be safe enough to replace batteries... Not that impressive, but still. The magnets to run a car generator would be much stronger.