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But again, slowing tidal currents must be drawing energy from somewhere until there is none left.
by eraserj 5y ago
But again, slowing tidal currents must be drawing energy from somewhere until there is none left.
- Xylakant 5y agoIt basically draws energy from the moon orbiting earth. It could theoretically alter that orbit, but given that the moon/earth system has a lot of mass, the timescale for that to happen is extraordinarily large.
- tshaddox 5y agoThat’s exactly what it’s doing. It’s slowing down Earth’s rotation and speeding up the Moon’s orbit (i.e. moving the Moon further from the Earth).