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Earth's crust is highly resistive and even the much more conductive mantle has a resistivity of a kilohm-meter, which barely even makes it a semiconductor let a
by causi 4y ago
Earth's crust is highly resistive and even the much more conductive mantle has a resistivity of a kilohm-meter, which barely even makes it a semiconductor let alone an appropriate material for half a capacitor.
- claytongulick 4y agoI have no idea if it would work or not, I'm a software nerd and amateur electronics engineer. Positive charged ionosphere, negative changed earth, air insulator between... Sounds a lot like a giant cap to me. I imagine if it was a feasible idea folks a lot smarter than I am would be working on it though.
- fzzzy 4y agoThis makes no sense. We use connection to ground as the lowest resistance path for short circuits for safety. https://electrical-engineering-portal.com/what-is-a-good-ground-resistance-value https://electrical-engineering-portal.com/what-is-a-good-gro...
- fzzzy 4y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-wire_earth_return https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-wire_earth_return