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A new worry-poles flipping? - bullet - 08-27-2023 01:46 PM
Wonder if this will help or hurt EV sales?!
Article linking Neanderthal extinction to pole flip 42,000 years ago and wonders if another is on the horizon. Periodically the north and south magnetic poles switch places. Its happened 4 or 5 times in the last million years.
https://www.businessinsider.com/neanderthal-extinction-earth-magnetic-poles-flip-climate-change-2021-2
"...Scientists know that Earth's magnetic field has weakened about 9% in the past 170 years. The magnetic North pole has also been drifting more rapidly since the 1990s, at a rate of 30 to 40 miles per year.
This has "increased speculation that a field reversal may be imminent," the researchers wrote. Such an event could potentially topple power grids and satellite networks. An increase in radiation could also expose more people to diseases like cancer.
But scientists suspect that any possible magnetic reversal would be in its early stages. Earth's magnetic field is still far stronger than it was the last time the poles flipped."
RE: A new worry-poles flipping? - Bear Catlett - 08-27-2023 02:04 PM
Yeeeeahhh...
My confidence in "scientists" has, shall we say, dropped in recent years.
RE: A new worry-poles flipping? - banker - 08-27-2023 02:23 PM
They’ll have the bright idea to ban magnet sales or some such crap.