SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1125arrow-down1message-squareWhat would happen to society if all magnets suddenly lost their magnetism?SatyrSack@quokk.au to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square64fedilinkfile-text
Alternatively, what would happen if the loss of magnetism instead happened gradually over a period of time?
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up47·2 days agoAre we including electromagnets? If so, an awful lot of motors would suddenly just not work anymore.
minus-squareHumanius@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoElectricity generation would suddenly also get a lot harder. Without dynamos I think the only real option becomes solar panels.
minus-squarenotsure@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 days ago…magnets is quite general, but i believe it counts, and yeah, fucking everything stops…
Are we including electromagnets? If so, an awful lot of motors would suddenly just not work anymore.
Electricity generation would suddenly also get a lot harder. Without dynamos I think the only real option becomes solar panels.
…magnets is quite general, but i believe it counts, and yeah, fucking everything stops…