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Post by selfsufficient on Feb 17, 2017 7:05:26 GMT 10
Professor Charles Hapgood actually proposed a theory about crust displacement (which was used in the 2012 hollywood film) This was the solid crust spinning over the liquid core. This would change your apparent position on the earths surface and thus change your reference points to the stars www.skrause.org/writing/papers/hapgood_and_ecd.shtmlSpeculation on what would happen if the magnetic poles flipped is rife as no one really knows. All we know is that the magnetic field keeps the cosmic and solar radiation away from the earths surface. If it took a hundred years for the poles to re-establish and the field to rebuild strength, the earth would be bombarded by radiation requiring deep earth shelters. So the biggest question is what would actually happen if the poles flipped and how long would it take. A century is nothing in the life span of the galaxy. Also all satellites would be burnt out thus loss of gps, transmission line would become giant antennas burning out the grid (Carrington event). All satellites and orbital space craft are currently protected by the van allen belt formed by the magnetic field.
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Post by shinester on Feb 17, 2017 11:32:31 GMT 10
I can't see how the giant electromagnet that the earth is, that has a significant amount of energy, enough energy to create a magnetic field covering the planet [truly massive] wouldn't want to dump all of that energy into creating a magnetic field, poles flipped or not. Where is that energy going to go exactly? If the poles were flipped [and that seems highly improbable] then the only issue you'd have is with compasses. The poles migrate slowly with time already, that's why you have magnetic north and true north on maps.
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Post by selfsufficient on Feb 17, 2017 21:29:52 GMT 10
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