Read a report that they discovered a buble around the earth between the magnetosphere and the moon. It is supercharged plasma that they picked up and thought it was a glitch, but 3 probes reported the same thing. A massive spike in eletromagnetic energy that they think is a result of the solar wind magnetosphere interaction. Tesla proved we can trasfer energy through air, stars prove we can transfer energy from space to earth. Could we find a way to convert the never ending energy we found into a usable energy source? How?
Source: CNN Science and space
2006-07-14 10:11:36 · 6 answers · asked by abehagenston 2 in Environment
CNN was acting like it was new. I think the belt they knew about, the spiking energy was only recently confirmed
2006-07-14 10:17:37 · update #1
That was a cool answer. Could we run a teflon coted 'pipeline' from space in orbit down through the atmosphere, fiber optics maybe. Turn it to light, turn the light to energy.
2006-07-14 11:19:51 · update #2
I’ve known for a decade that you can transfer energy as microwaves. The experiment was conducted to see if energy produced in orbit or on the Moon could be transmitted to Earth. The experiment showed that a microwave beam could push a turbine of a sort over a distance. A microwave generator attached to a steam turbine turned by stellar plasma, and we could tap such a power source. The question is: does the plasma do anything for us in regards to protecting us from solar radiation?
2006-07-14 10:24:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Several spots occur in space near the earth and the moon, both in solar orbit, where gravitation allows matter to exist semi-permanently. One of these, I believe, is halfway between the earth and the moon. Space debris can "park" there and the advent of space flight has resulted in much cast off material from it, even just rocket effluent. Whether it has become ionized ("supercharged") or not is debatable. Space exploration has been slow in finding new sources of energy for earth due to the difficulty of transmitting it down to the earth's surface. The latest wrinkle on this is that a possibility exists of sending diffuse beams of microwave energy (at a wavelength harmless to life, if such can be assured) from space to focused spots where antennas or PV cells exist to capture it. The beams could consist of an energy concentration that is only about the same as that of the sun's radiation and thereby pose no great hazard while allowing this energy to be made available both day and night instead of just during daylight hours as is solar energy.
2006-07-14 19:28:25 · answer #2 · answered by hrdwarehobbyist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No such thing as unlimited/never-ending energy, even stars run out of fuel and die.
The problem is not finding that there is a source of engery (all matter is a massive potential energy source), it is finding a way to harvest that energy in an efficient way. For example, there's tons of gold (and other precious minerals) in sea-water, but it would cost more to extract it from the water then you could sell it for.
2006-07-14 19:58:05 · answer #3 · answered by Hranitel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The funny thing about these belts, is that they are the reason people say the moon landing was a hoax, that people cant pass through it.
But I think they are building a space elevator, due to be done at the end of the century, if we live that long! So your idea seems plausible.
2006-07-14 18:35:51 · answer #4 · answered by C P R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be much simpler to collect radiant energy from the fusion source that has been discovered at a distance of 93,000,000 miles and convert it to electrical energy!
2006-07-14 19:10:38 · answer #5 · answered by Sleeping Troll 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe its called the vna allen belt, andwe've known about it since the 40's
2006-07-14 17:16:19 · answer #6 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋