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SharkD <pos### [at] gmail com> wrote:
> On 6/17/2010 11:59 AM, Bill Pragnell wrote:
> > You'd want a solar or gas-giant orbit if possible - photovoltaic power
> > from a close solar orbit, or put out conductor spines to sweep the gas-giants
> > magnetosphere for inductive power. I vote gas-giant, the view's better and you
> > don't need to worry about solar weather or heat disposal.
> > </geekery>
>
> What are "conductor spines", and what might they look like?
Just a description, not any particular technical term. The idea is to hang long
wires out radially from your rotating habitat such that they sweep through the
planet's magnetic field and induce electrical currents that can be used as a
power source, just like a really big dynamo.
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