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Vice President Al Gore held out to drivers, homeowners and business people "an offer that they can't refuse" - a proposed $48 billion in subsidies to help them buy electrical cars, solar-powered homes and other environmentally "clean technologies" (The Dallas Morning News, June 29, 2000).

Why is the government so interested in the implementation of clean technologies? Because gas cars are the leading cause of carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere.

Electromobiles can be an effective solution to the problem of carbon dioxide. Yet, electromobiles suffer a serious drawback - with the technology we have today, they require extremely heavy and large batteries. These batteries are so large, that their placement is almost impossible. So a big battery requires bigger space; but a larger, heavier car requires larger batteries… How can this drawback be eliminated? One English company proposed batteries, which can be given any shape: for example, these batteries can fill all empty spaces in the car, such as seats, body, etc. By implementing various chemicals, the efficiency of batteries can be modestly increased. But the problem persists: in chemistry, power is proportional to volume, therefore, propelling a fairly heavy car down a highway requires a heavy battery, thereby decreasing the range into insufficient digits.

For a better understanding of the problem we are facing, examine a great example of the general electrical scheme of an electromobile, given in US patent 5417384.

In conclusion, the existing battery technology will not satisfy the pollution problem in the near future. Let's look elsewhere to find an "environment-friendly" solution. Maybe we should consider already existing solutions? Let's!

Trolley Bus: It's "environment-friendly" because it receives its power from electrical cables hanging overhead. Note: power received from outside. But the great disadvantage of this type of transportation, be it mass transit or maybe average-sized vehicles powered by overhead electrical cables, is limitation in maneuvering. The trolley must constantly be attached to the cables, providing which to every street and alley is impossible.

Subway: A clean solution that is powered by electrical rails. Note: power received from outside. Drawback: too "directional" and, obviously, cannot spread into separate neighborhoods.

The common trend is that the vehicles are powered from the outside. Let's place that note in our "storage of knowledge".

But you ask: well since you, the author, claim that your method ideal solution is effective, why can't it be used to find a solution for this problem, eh?

Well, let's try.

What is the ideal result we are looking for?
The car should power itself without emissions.

What are different methods of producing energy?
Using different combinations of chemicals (batteries). You can probably recognize that this method is not yet absolute and will not, most likely, solve our problem anytime soon. Can internal combustion be mastered to a zero-emission level? No. Principally, internal combustion is gasoline burning. Electromagnetic induction? Hmmm… What does electromagnetic induction require? Spinning magnet? Coiled wire? What are the major parts of a car that spin? Well you are a genius! Yes, wheels. So let's insert magnets into the rubber of the tire or maybe place magnets inside the tire cavity, creating the required electromagnetic field. Now the coiled wire… It can be placed on the end of the axle. So what do we have now? A generator! Wait, we not only have one, we have four. Although these generators won't be able to completely power the car, they can certainly go a long way in relentlessly recharge the battery providing the car with plenty of range. This principle of using electromagnetic induction is not, in any way, new. Electromagnetic induction was used to partially power the engine spinning a ground-penetrating drill (the spinning drill was magnetized) in the former Soviet Union patent SU 1393130.

So a solution to a problem that might have seemed so complicated was found fairly quickly.