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Fortunately the ground is already a giant ground plane.
by daveguy 10y ago
Fortunately the ground is already a giant ground plane.
- ChuckMcM 10y agoSort of and sort of not, it is an infinite (for all intents and purposes) a sink for charge, but its conductivity is low and its dielectric coefficient fairly high. As a result its reflectivity to electromagnetic waves is mixed. If it were to become much more conductive, its reflectivity would become much much higher and more uniform. RF energy would just bounce back up into the air on its way.
- dogma1138 10y agoHow much cooler/scarier would lightning storms then become? If the ground can hold considerably more charge near the surface can get to the point of ground lightning becoming considerably more common? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_light https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_light