Not sure what i am on about? let me explain.
whenever we switch on an electrical device, chances are it is earthed, as in any residual current is sent back into the planet one way or another. what i am asking is, how long will it be before we pump so much energy into the earth that something mad happens, will the earth turn into a huge magnet for example and attract unwanted lumps of space debris? or will something worse happen?
2006-12-11 08:25:44 · 11 answers · asked by iamthemullit 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
It will be fully charged on Tuesday, and will cause all the other planets to come crashing into us.
2006-12-16 10:15:17 · answer #1 · answered by darwin_kepler_edison 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
For starters, the Earth already IS a huge magnet, and it's a good thing for us it is, or we wouldn't be here right now. The Earth's Iron-Nickel core creates our magnetic field with Earth's rotation.
That field protects us from high energy cosmic radiation. How do you think a compass works? It points to a magnetic pole.
As for our affecting any of that, don't worry. It's not like the ozone layer that we can affect. Although, it has reversed its polarity from time to time, getting weaker and stronger again in the process. When that happens and the field grows too weak, all land-based life forms are vulnerable to excess radiation effects.
Some have proposed that what killed the dinosaurs. But that's another debate.
2006-12-11 08:37:52 · answer #2 · answered by Lorenzo Steed 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Charge is only meaningful when compared to some agreed upon zero point. We use the "ground." While a lot of grounding does go into the the real ground it isn't always a literal thing.
Besides, you don't need to worry. If the charge in the earth builds up too high in one spot it will naturally discharge to someplace lower. AC current doesn't move electrons anyways, just the power in the form of waves, so it's not like we're dumping huge amounts of charged particles into the earth.
To charge up the earth for real you'd need something BIG that's not touching the earth.... like the sun.
2006-12-11 08:46:59 · answer #3 · answered by Answer Jammie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If something worse does happen I hope I have put my bill in for payment...hate to think I will miss out....
It wont happen from the earthing as all that is doing is taking the charge out of the appliance, so to speak..we are more likely to cause damage through the wars and nuclear testing being done....
2006-12-11 08:41:58 · answer #4 · answered by Bluefurball 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!
First of all, the earth is a huge magnet. Magnetism has to do with size and composition. Electricity is being "earthed" a lot by lightning. So it would take an enormous amount of energy to actually increase magnetism.
2006-12-11 08:29:48 · answer #5 · answered by Bao L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
talk about not getting it...
The earth is not beuilding up a charge, when we "gound" (not earth) something we are merely using something else to complete a circuit. Electricity flows in a circular path, from a to b and back to a. Using the "ground" as a return (referred to as a negative ground or negative return) means using something outside the circuitry as part of it.
For instance, your car is a negative ground system. Electrons flow from the battery to the stuff that uses electricity, then into the frame of the car, and then return to the battery via the opposite pole.
2006-12-11 08:32:26 · answer #6 · answered by Jason 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's the dumbest thing I ever heard of. What the hell's the matter with you?
2006-12-19 07:19:38 · answer #7 · answered by donna_the_woman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The year 2145
2006-12-18 10:43:21 · answer #8 · answered by Frannie_kins 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes thats why the space station is hurtling toward us...duck
2006-12-15 06:35:35 · answer #9 · answered by jumanjisapikey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you sleep at night?
2006-12-11 08:29:27 · answer #10 · answered by Phil C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋