• LesserAbe@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    What if we didn’t sync the earth and moon rotation, but instead when we run the cable from the earth to the moon, we attach that cable to a little train car that runs on a track all the way around the earth? The moon will pull the car around and it would have generators on it to get the electricity.

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      8 months ago

      I assume the little train car will quickly become a wrecking ball, leaving a band around the earth where you can’t build anything and also if you go there you might randomly get absolutely FUCKED by a swinging train car.

  • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    We should just syphon all the water out of the ocean, put it in a giant still and use a massive rocket to move it near the sun.

    Now we have unlimited steam energy and way more land to build things on. Winning!

  • MxM111@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    The first step can be avoided if harpoon is shot from South or North Pole (or from both).