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More urgently: Could we use superconducting magnets to keep the magnetic field of earth stable so it doesn't collapse and flip in the coming years?
by threatripper 6y ago
More urgently: Could we use superconducting magnets to keep the magnetic field of earth stable so it doesn't collapse and flip in the coming years?
- bdamm 6y agoAre you asking if we can bump the existing magnetic field dynamos into stability? It's an interesting idea but given the size and power of earth's natural field, I'm pretty sure that the math would work out to more energy than all of earth's resources could provide or something like that. You'd be literally manipulating the core of the earth.
- cafebabbe 6y agoRight. The next emergency is clearly earth's magnetic field.