In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:50:28 -0400: Hi, [snip] >On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 6:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:12:43 -0400: >> Hi, >> [snip] >>>On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 6:36 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> For a current to flow, they have to have somewhere to go. >>> >>>A current limiting earth/moon tether with a period of oscillation of >>>28 days. First half cycle the current flows to the moon. Second >>>half, he current flows back. >>> >>>Care to calculate the power? :-) >>> >>>T >> ..that depends on the charge stored on the planetary capacitors at each end. >> Care to specify a value? > >Well, considering that the sun is the charging source, it would vary >with the solar wind. The whole exercise is complicated by the fact >that the earth is a spherical capacitor with the plates being the >atmosphere and the earth itself. > >Maybe we could start with the moon's potential due to the solar wind alone?
That's easy, 0. The solar wind is neutral. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
