Researchers Disprove Their Own Work by Producing Power From Earth’s Rotation
https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-disprove-their-own-work-by-producing-power-from-earths-rotation?utm_source=reddit_post
Researchers Disprove Their Own Work by Producing Power From Earth’s Rotation
https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-disprove-their-own-work-by-producing-power-from-earths-rotation?utm_source=reddit_post
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A snippet of the article:
A trio of US researchers claim to have successfully tested predictions that it’s possible to harvest [clean energy](https://www.sciencealert.com/reservoirs-of-clean-energy-could-be-hiding-inside-our-planets-mountain-ranges) from the natural rhythms and processes of our planet, generating electricity as Earth rotates through its own magnetic field.
Though the voltage they produced was tiny, the possibility could give rise to a new way to generate electricity from our planet’s dynamics, alongside [tidal](https://www.sciencealert.com/these-ocean-power-stations-pack-a-lot-of-renewables-into-one-floating-platform), solar, wind, and geothermal power production.
[In 2016](https://journals.aps.org/prapplied/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.6.014017), Princeton astrophysicist Christopher Chyba and JPL planetary scientist Kevin Hand challenged their own proof that such a feat ought to be impossible. The researchers have now uncovered empirical evidence that their proof-breaking idea may actually work, as long as the shape and properties of the conducting material in their method are set to very specific requirements.
Read more: [https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-disprove-their-own-work-by-producing-power-from-earths-rotation](https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-disprove-their-own-work-by-producing-power-from-earths-rotation?utm_source=reddit_post)
Tidal is already a way to harvest energy from Earth’s rotation, at least kinda.
in ten years, earth rotational power plants become a reality.
in 40 years every developed nation starts using them.
in 80 years a grand plan is formed to power all human electricity using this method!
in 100 years this goal is achieved….
but then humans’ energy drain over shoots the available energy, earth stops rotating , and we all fall off the planet after the earth comes to a sudden and unexpected stop.
Disappointing to be on /futurology and hearing everyone say we already have ways to generate power so shouldn’t be trying to find any more. This is cool science – if proven – even if it doesn’t produce meaningful power generation. And cool to have researchers say “it’s impossible” then come back later and say “well actually….”
Useful in it’s current state or not, it’s an interesting development.
If earths rotation influences ocean waves, then it must influence brain waves.
I don’t know why but this discovery is giving offreal “the gods themselves” vibes
This is science. Not just the willingness to correct oneself, but an innate drive to do so.
So extracting power from earths rotation must slow the earths rotation…right? let’s not do that.
Methinks tidal wave energy production is a much more practical approach to slowing down the Earth’s rotation — and producing energy.
Taking away energy from the earths rotation – I can’t see any way this can go wrong.
So someone finally actually looked into all that perpetual motion “nonsense” people have been pitching for years.
I’ve literally read about this on conspiracy theory sites.
I’m incredibly disappointed with the scientific establishment.
Very cool to see, hopefully we get some more research and people trying to build ways to utilize this.
Proving yourself wrong with science? Beating flat Earthers at their own game
Didn’t we already know that large (tens or thousands of meters in length) loops of many conducting materials will produce a noticeable voltage in this manner? We know the earth’s surface and the magnetic field are not rotating at the same speed. There IS a differential. And it WILL produce an effect. Is this investigating a phenomenonon different from that?
I’m always hoping someone will make use of the theoretical and experimentally demonstrated phenomenon of voltage being generated in vertically “hanging” orbital tethers (just in orbit, of course we’re not connecting anything to the earth). In theory it can be used for breaking and acceleration just like an electric motor.