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Re:Electric power generation from Earth's rotation through i... by DriverDaily on Sunday March 30, 2025 @05:38PM (#43527901)
Can we put energy in to speed it up?

That way a day can be 24 hours exactly instead of 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4 seconds, etc...

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Re:Electric power generation from Earth's rotation through i... by incognito124 on Sunday March 30, 2025 @07:57PM (#43529096)
I mean, solar day is 24h, it's the sidereal day that's 23.9344696h
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Re:Electric power generation from Earth's rotation through i... by Detrytus on Sunday March 30, 2025 @09:46PM (#43529845)
Don’t follow your logic: if the day is currently shorter than 24 hours we need to slow the Earth rotation down, not speed it up.
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Re:Electric power generation from Earth's rotation through i... by DriverDaily on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @04:05PM (#43550803)
You’re right, I had that backwards
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