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  1. carlip

    Earth as a armature in a selonoid

    I suppose you'd have to build large towers, something like 30,000 ft tall at each pole and construct a ring connecting them... of course impossible but it would be awesome.
  2. carlip

    Earth as a armature in a selonoid

    I was just wondering if anyone would be able to confirm or not this idea. If earth was wrapped in a large copper coil, would the rotation of earth produce an endless supply of electromagnetic energy? Of course you'd have to ignore the immense engineering problems and costs, i'm wondering purely...

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