Posted: Nov 08, 2016 8:02 pm
The_Metatron wrote:A problem with this ridiculous idea of gravity being caused by static electricity is this:
If gravity is caused by electrostatic charge, neutralize the difference of potential, and you'd neutralize gravity. Now, wouldn't that be a cool trick? All that would be necessary to escape earth's gravity well is a fucking wire long enough to make the trip. This guy didn't think this through.
Using his idea, I should be able to simply earth myself and negate the pull of gravity on me. Yet, we don't see this happening.
Thank you for trying some rationale.
You might be aware that the ground under your feet also experiences force towards the Earth's core. If you set yourself to be the same voltage \ charge as the ground, you can expect to experience the same force of attraction as the ground.
The hypothesis requires Earth's surface is not the same charge as the Earth's core. There is a voltage between them, this is what creates the pull of gravity.
You may ask : well why doesn't the charge in the Earth's surface go to the core and neutralize it?
Well its hot and high pressure down in the core. So much so that it squeezes electrons off their atoms. The Earth's core is therefore intrinsically positively charged, and will always electro-statically pull on the mantle and the Earth surface, and even distance off Earth's objects. The pull on the mantle crushes the core, ensuring that it remains too pressured to allow electrons to return to the core. The electrons exist in discrete bands of high orbits around the core, similar to the discrete layers of electrons in an atom. That's one main reason why the surface of the Earth is negatively charged.