Ok, stick with me here. I was just pondering this whist on the porcelaine throne.
So you have billions of electrical devices around the planet, all earthed, plus things like lightning conductors etc. Now where is all that electricity going. This is where all the knowledge from my grade E 'O' Level in Physics deserts me, but it cant just disappear can it, physics doesn't allow that.
So could we all be possibly sat on the planetary equivalent of a cheap maplins rechargeable battery that's about to crack open? Is this an environmental disaster that's slipped out of the radar of proper physicians?
So you have billions of electrical devices around the planet, all earthed, plus things like lightning conductors etc. Now where is all that electricity going. This is where all the knowledge from my grade E 'O' Level in Physics deserts me, but it cant just disappear can it, physics doesn't allow that.
So could we all be possibly sat on the planetary equivalent of a cheap maplins rechargeable battery that's about to crack open? Is this an environmental disaster that's slipped out of the radar of proper physicians?