Recent content by thripd

with the moon and earth tethered together it wouldn't.... Would using the moon to gradually slow the spin of the earth (and generate power on the way :lol:) cause the earth's orbit to expand? Y'all know I'm no astrophysicist, but I think something that spins faster will curve more (Bend It...

Quite right. The only free lunch we have is the planet's spin, that would keep the inner ring going. So, the outer ring would eat more than it bakes! Thanks chaps, it's been enlightening!

Math not my strong point, I'm guessing the math will eventually shoot this down. I get what your saying Johan, magnetic attraction would eventually cause the rings to equalise. Whatif, instead of the outer being, say positive and the inner being, say negative, you have both negative and...

:tumbleweed:PLEEEASE someone shoot my idea down, it's bugging me... Two concentric rings encircling our planet's equator. The inner, smaller, ring tethered at multiple points to the planet's surface in a geostationary fashion. The outer, larger, ring spinning in the opposite direction...