MRC_Hans
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Although the Earth's magnetic field is quite weak at any one spot, it is HUGE. First, you would have to place a wire (preferably many windings of wire) around the planet, not too far from the equator. Then you'd have to feed DC current through it. I don't know how much current would be needed, but I suspect it would be a LOT, probably millions of ampéres.
Hans
Although the Earth's magnetic field is quite weak at any one spot, it is HUGE. First, you would have to place a wire (preferably many windings of wire) around the planet, not too far from the equator. Then you'd have to feed DC current through it. I don't know how much current would be needed, but I suspect it would be a LOT, probably millions of ampéres.
Hans
The Earth's Magnetic Field
Maybe in a few hundred yeares we will have the technology to do it. People in the future will probably have more advanced technology to do that and they probably might not need wire to do it. They might use something to produce an energy field that when measured electronically might look like a huge magnetic string that would be connected on the equator. Or if we can't do that, maybe we could get ships to hold industrial strength cables together or maybe unmanned ships to connect it together. It would be a huge project and if the governments of the world wanted the Earth's magnetic field to be there in several hundred years I think that they would be more advanced then us in technolgy and scientific knowledge and they would figure it out. We can't do what I suggest with an artificial magnetic field today but maybe in a few hundred years we might Evolve technically and technolgically to make an artifical magnetic field as big as the one we have now.
Maybe in a few hundred yeares we will have the technology to do it. People in the future will probably have more advanced technology to do that and they probably might not need wire to do it. They might use something to produce an energy field that when measured electronically might look like a huge magnetic string that would be connected on the equator. Or if we can't do that, maybe we could get ships to hold industrial strength cables together or maybe unmanned ships to connect it together. It would be a huge project and if the governments of the world wanted the Earth's magnetic field to be there in several hundred years I think that they would be more advanced then us in technolgy and scientific knowledge and they would figure it out. We can't do what I suggest with an artificial magnetic field today but maybe in a few hundred years we might Evolve technically and technolgically to make an artifical magnetic field as big as the one we have now.
kmortis
Biomechanoid, Director of IDIOCY (Region 13)
can you imagine the heat given off of the "Earth Coil"?
Maybe that's the REAL reason the equator is so hot. We need an intrepit investigator to look in to this. Someone who'll give the project credablilty. Where's Kilik when you need him?
Maybe that's the REAL reason the equator is so hot. We need an intrepit investigator to look in to this. Someone who'll give the project credablilty. Where's Kilik when you need him?
can you imagine the heat given off of the "Earth Coil"?
Maybe that's the REAL reason the equator is so hot. We need an intrepit investigator to look in to this. Someone who'll give the project credablilty. Where's Kilik when you need him?
Kmort, you've made me laugh many times this long day. You have my thanks.
kmortis
Biomechanoid, Director of IDIOCY (Region 13)
Mmm, the heat, yes. And imagine the self-induction voltage peak when we eventually decide to turn it off
Hans
Gonna need one HELLOVA dio-dee for that, eh?
MRC_Hans
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Well I suppose one like the ones used for rectifier in the power supply for the Earth Coil [tm] will suffice. It only needs to work once.
Mmmm, could be interesting to calculate the specs of such a coil. I suspect there would not be enough copper on the planet to build it.
Hans
kmortis
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probably have to use a multi-metal conductor as, I agree, there probably isn't enough metal for that, even with a 22 AWG or smaller wire; of course, a 22 AWG wire wouldn't give us the current carrying capability necessary.
Are there any hyrdo plants near the equator that we could tap into for a prime power source? Granted, we'd probably have to rectify it further, but trying to build a power source would be, more than likely, the biggest cost driver.
kmortis
Biomechanoid, Director of IDIOCY (Region 13)
a single loop of 0000 AWG would be about 6500 ohms...
of course, that's also 84 million pounds of copper
of course, that's also 84 million pounds of copper
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kmortis
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Yes it is a good idea to go throught the process it would take t produce sucha field.
It is not a good idea to actually DO it, however. That would be like...sawing off Manhattan to prevent it from sinking into the sound.
kmortis
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Hans, Can you take this? My brain hurts enough after dealing with Iacchus and Iamme.
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What would happen would be that they would run into billion $ budget problems, environmentalist problems (for interfering with nature and increasing pollution with the terawatt power requirements), political problems (with drawing wires over various countries), real environmental problems (with producing enough wire and power), and technologocal problems (no current technology would suffice for this project), all for a dubious outcome.
Or do you mean a group of people starting to raise funds for this? I suppose you could relieve a lot of peasants of some of their hard-earned money.
Hans
But look at the energy we'd get from magnetic braking if we stopped the whole thing rotating! Completely clean power! How could the ecologists object?
Of course there might be a minor argument over which side should face the Sun afterwards and possibly angular momentum might give a couple of teeny vibration problems during the braking, but- hey!They laughed at Edison...
Of course there might be a minor argument over which side should face the Sun afterwards and possibly angular momentum might give a couple of teeny vibration problems during the braking, but- hey!They laughed at Edison...
kmortis
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