Right, they don't move quite freely, but nearly. Many people's lives depend on Earth being a pretty bad insulator.
Why use a globally neutral device BTW, rather than a net negative charge? Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick Sparber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 1:35 PM Subject: RE: [Vo]: Re: Three Phase Lifters > You assume that all charges flow freely. The Electron Affinity for many > molecules-materials > in the earth-earth surface, buildings etc, ranges up to several electron > volts. > > Fred >> >> [Original Message] >> From: Michel Jullian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Date: 3/17/2007 6:06:03 AM >> Subject: [Vo]: Re: Three Phase Lifters >> >> Globally attractive or repulsive ? But again, this doesn't take into > account the fact that charges flow freely on the Earth surface. Could you > find no applet where charges can move freely on the surface of conductors? > Surely there must exist one. >> >> Michel >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Frederick Sparber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 8:06 AM >> Subject: [Vo]: Re: Three Phase Lifters >> >> >> > This CalTech Applet shows how a three-point distribution of positive > charges >> > surrounding a negative charge can feel a force from the "~0.5 > megacoulomb excess negative charge of the earth". >> > >> > Induction or Tesla Coils sequencing? >> > >> > http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~phys1/java/phys1/EField/EField.html >> > >> > >> > >> > O +1 >> > >> > O -3 >> > >> > O +1 O +1 >> > >> > >> > O -1 O -1 O -1 O -1 O -1 O -1 O -1 O -1 (putative > earth charge) >> > >> > >> > Have fun. :-) >> > >> > Fred >> > >> > > > >
