Activity for frodoskywalker
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How to monetize free energy without revealing its existence? Just last week while developing a new CCTV camera system I accidentally produced a free energy generator. I know, what are the odds? So now I'd like to make some money. Unfortunately, this device is so simple and effective that I cannot release the plans - the destructive potential is too great. I s... (more) |
— | almost 8 years ago |
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Locating a carbon sink Easter Island is now home to an extraterrestrial/futuristic/handwavey device. It continuously and instantly removes CO (more) |
— | almost 10 years ago |
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How well could we counter global cooling? The earth is migrating, somehow (it doesn't matter how, but it's not directly destructive) into a higher orbit over the course of a century. Details: The earth-sun distance will increase by 150,000 km (0.001 AU) per year until it is 1.1 AU in 2115. This corresponds to a temperature drop of appro... (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |
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A: What could cause Earth to drift out of orbit over a period of months to years? You're going to need a lot of energy. As we'll see in a moment, too much energy to do it quickly. Assuming we want to reduce incoming solar energy by roughly 20% (should lower mean global temperatures by roughly 15C), we need to increase the earth-sun distance by 10% (incident solar power drops with... (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |