If the Sun is Electric, Where do I Plug it in?

June 17th, 2009 — --

When I was a boy, I was told that the Sun was a big, giant, enormous bomb going off in the sky… a chronic nuclear explosion hanging in space…

Boom!?

Ka-BOOM! But, sort of forever, or almost…

happy sun

Except, well, a warm and happy one…

And a lucky one! That just happened to be in the right place at the right time to produce planets and life and dinosaurs…

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and television…

That’s lucky, alright.

Now I wonder, did I ever question this idea? I dunno… I don’t know if I did. I think I took it on faith.

A giant nuclear explosion in the sky…

But is it? IS the Sun a giant nuclear explosion?

Is it a giant ball of hot gas held together by gravity and sheer goodwill?

And if it is a giant nuclear explosion, then how in the world is it still hanging around? I mean, that’s one hell of a long nuclear explosion!

In any case, there are these odd fellows who have a different idea. It is a strange idea, and a sort of crazy and wonderful idea. And I want to see if it’s even remotely true…

Here it is:

The Sun is… Electrical. Electric. Powered by ELECTRICITY. Or, by electrons, to put it like that…

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Crazy! Wild!

But sort of fun!

And then, well, what do you find when you look into it?

Is it crazy? Does it all fall apart after examination?

Ah!! That’s the really crazy thing!! It doesn’t. It sort of… well, holds together…

And the whole nuclear-bomb-in-space-thing ends up looking sort of… ad hoc. Last-ditch, desperate, even kind of.. dumb.

But don’t take my word for it. (Why would you?). Go read.

These are interesting:

And this:

And these:

And many more.

Chime in with your thoughts. See what you think…

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One Response to “If the Sun is Electric, Where do I Plug it in?”

  1. Dan Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 3:30 PM

    I’ve been listening to scientific curmudgeon James McCanney for years. He’s been saying just what your telling us about the sun for a couple of decades plus.

    It’s very interesting stuff, but it threatens mainstream science.

    Beyond the electric universe is Richard Hoagland’s hyperdimensional universe. Fun stuff to explore, as long as you remember to come back to the fold of what you’re supposed to know and believe.

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