Hithis has perhaps been asked before(?)Apologies in that case.What I wanted to ask is, if earths magnetic pole now would manage toflip in a really quick timespan (let's say less than 5 minutes), wouldthat have any effect on electronic equipment, and if so, why?I mean I would think that the would not be any effect. After all,electronic equipment do not rely on earths magnetic field in some way.How would they?Or would there be some effect on electronic equipment if the fliphappened in less than 30 seconds?Thanks in advance,

Nothing much would happen to electronics.However, in such a short timescale there may be some effect on large power grids.-- Dirk - Transcendence UK - A UK political party - Occult Talk Show

Would magn. pole reversal actually mess up electronic equipment?

Nov 30, 2009 101 Replies

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MeowSayTongue 16 years ago

Shouldn't that read "Forthwith" instead of "in Forth". :-)

Air Forth One...

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Bernd Paysan 16 years ago

Oh, you grossly underestimate the capabilities of human beings. 10x CO2 would be 0.3%, but CO2 becomes dangerous around 3 to 5%, and lethal between

8 and 10%. So we have a headroom of a factor 100 for CO2. There is some reason for that - the air we exhale under normal condition contains ~4% CO2, so that's why similar CO2 concentrations in the air start to become uncomfortable - and even a fraction of those (e.g. 1%) can be noticed through the increase of breathing frequency and/or volume.

Basic algorithm for idle breathing: Inhale (+500ml). Exhale (-500ml). Stall until CO2 concentration > 4% (~50% of saturation level). Repeat. 50% saturation level is an obvious point for optimal resource usage.

Bernd Paysan "If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself" http://www.jwdt.com/~paysan/

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