Because the electricity pulls the magnets down in the same measure, so they meet in the middle. Newton’s 2nd law or something.
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IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 8 hours agoWhich begs the question why not magnets at the top of the building to help pull the electricity up?
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours ago
Triumph@fedia.io 7 hours ago
Because nobody knows how magnets work.
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Solution: instruct the buildings upside down, so the foundations are up in the air and the roofs are underground. That way, the electricity will flow down instead of up.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 7 hours ago
But then the roof has to support the entire weight of planet Earth on top of it, which is a much harder engineering challenge than pumping the electricity in the first place.
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
No, it’s not. It’s all empty space under the foundation. There’s nothing to create crushing force against the building.