I know satellites use magnetic fields of planets to aid in their trajectories and propulsion, but could this same theory be used for more common purposes such as aircraft and cars?

For instance, say if you had a positviely charged magnet, and your vehicle is negatively charged. Could you place the positive magnet in front of the vehicle and it follow the magnet i.e. holding a carrot in front of a donkey?

How about if you had a positively charge magnet and the vehicle is positively charged and you put the magnet behind the vehicle. Would the alike forces cause the car to keep moving?

Could these magnetic forces be used to spin turbines instead of the steam created by boiling water with dangerous nuclear fuel rods? I guess in order to power the magnets you’d have to use electricity which in turn would be counter productive, but is there another way

By no means am I a physics expert or pretend to be, but can some of you that are experts explain why this is or isn’t possible
Yea but is there away to harness or amplify the energy of the magnetic attraction to create propulsion is what I’m getting at?
I see what you mean. Somehow something would have to push the magnets to keep the car moving. Back to the drawing board…
Scratch the car idea. How about the turbine? Same principal applies?

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