SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?message-squaremessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1127arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square64linkfedilinkfile-text
Alternatively, what would happen if the loss of magnetism instead happened gradually over a period of time?
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up47·4 days agoAre we including electromagnets? If so, an awful lot of motors would suddenly just not work anymore.
minus-squarenotsure@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 days ago…magnets is quite general, but i believe it counts, and yeah, fucking everything stops…
minus-squareHumanius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoElectricity generation would suddenly also get a lot harder. Without dynamos I think the only real option becomes solar panels.
Are we including electromagnets? If so, an awful lot of motors would suddenly just not work anymore.
…magnets is quite general, but i believe it counts, and yeah, fucking everything stops…
Electricity generation would suddenly also get a lot harder. Without dynamos I think the only real option becomes solar panels.