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Relevant: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/6400/are-tidal-power-plants-slowing-down-earths-rotation https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/6400/
by almenon 3y ago
Relevant: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/6400/are-tidal-power-plants-slowing-down-earths-rotation https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/6400/are-tidal-p...
This theory is very interesting, although the author presents it with too much confidence for such big claims.
- Aachen 3y agoIn that link: > The Earth's rotational kinetic energy is about 10²9 J, and the world uses something like 10²² J/year, so you could power the entire world for millions of years before you'd run out of rotational energy. (my phone somehow has a ² but not a ^9; the first number is supposed to be 1e29)