/sci/ - Science & Math

>>8255943
>"using novel materials"
you mean using magic exotic material that doesn't exist, right?

how the hell are you going to generate power using earth's magnetic field if you're on earth and the magnetic field is rotating with you? take advantage of the minuscule change in field strength to drive some mini-dynamo and generate a microwatt of power over the course of a week?
pls

there's nothing cheap about what you're suggesting if you have to invent some shit and mass-produce it before you can start generating power, and you have no idea if the production process will be clean, or even energy efficient.

>terraforming a planet that doesn't have a magnetic field or ozone layer

what's the fucking point