Activity for Alex Robinson‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	Transfer of electricity from The Moon It's 2020, carbon emissions are in decline but not fast enough. Oceans continue to rise at an increasing rate, so a plan is proposed to cut ALL carbon emissions: Cover the moon in solar panels (take the center of the moon to be the origin, then the solar panels follow the planes: x=0, y=0, z = 0, wh... (more)	—	about 7 years ago
Question	—	Could an orbital photoelectric generator work? First I'm going to expand on what I mean by this generator: the photo-electric effect means that metal spaceships will slowly become positively charged as they fly across space, but for the purposes of this question, I plan to have six geostationary stations in orbit around Earth, equidistant from ea... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	How to ignite the atmosphere? Before the first nuclear weapon was dropped, a scientist (whose name has escaped me) had a thought: could it ignite the atmosphere? But this was during World War II, when they didn't have the maths it would take to determine whether they could have ignited the atmosphere, so they dropped it anyway. ... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Question	—	What would happen if the speed of light was fundamentally faster? Now maybe this belongs in physics, but I want it here because I'm interested in the impacts on our society if the speed of light (c) were to be 2x faster since the big bang. My first thoughts were about how this would impact our energy and e=mc^2, which would mean the entire universe would be in a h... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago