RE: Science Nerds: Could Jupiter's Magnetic Field be harvested for energy?
May 5, 2021 at 11:42 pm
(This post was last modified: May 5, 2021 at 11:47 pm by Anomalocaris.)
No problem.
Spit balling a couple of more ideas for powering a Jupiter based civilization:
1, because gravitational perturbations from the other 3 Galilean moons prevents Io from circularizing her orbit, she experience tremendous and continuous heating from tidal stresses. So Io is violently volcanic. The geothermal energy constantly being released by Io can power the electrical power needs of the entire world today 20 times over. For a future civilization based around Jupiter, geothermal power from Io must be a enormously tempting energy resource to develop.
2. The other three Galilean moons all have large subterranean oceans believe to be filled with salty water rich in dissolved minerals and follow a centric orbits. As Jupiter’s magnetic field sweep past the moons, it must induce a global electric current in these subterranean seas just as it would induce a current in a wire. Perhaps these current could also be harnessed somehow.
Spit balling a couple of more ideas for powering a Jupiter based civilization:
1, because gravitational perturbations from the other 3 Galilean moons prevents Io from circularizing her orbit, she experience tremendous and continuous heating from tidal stresses. So Io is violently volcanic. The geothermal energy constantly being released by Io can power the electrical power needs of the entire world today 20 times over. For a future civilization based around Jupiter, geothermal power from Io must be a enormously tempting energy resource to develop.
2. The other three Galilean moons all have large subterranean oceans believe to be filled with salty water rich in dissolved minerals and follow a centric orbits. As Jupiter’s magnetic field sweep past the moons, it must induce a global electric current in these subterranean seas just as it would induce a current in a wire. Perhaps these current could also be harnessed somehow.
