If you're being honest (and I think you are) and you don't feel confident in 
your electrical knowledge, you should go back to page you copied these 
questions from and click on "Introduction" 
I don't have a favorite color. 
Scout 
 
 
"Phil Morris"  wrote in message 
  hlink.net... 
 I'm simply Jax's warmup act here. I know absolutely nothing about 
 electricity but I have six questions for you: 
 
 1. Why doesn't lightning travel in a helical path since it does traverse a 
 magnetic field? 
 
 2. Since lightning is a plasma discharge why is it that 
magnetohydrodynamic pinching doesn't occur? 
 
 3. Does lightning have a magnetic field even though it doesn't travel in a 
 close loop? Why? 
 
 4. Can a conductor manifest Biot-Savart forces upon itself? If so why does 
 lightning hit the ground? 
 
 5. What condition must exist between the E and H fields of charge in ball 
 lightning or electron clusters to maintain the high charge density? 
 Remember, like charges repel. 
 
 6. What is your favorite colour? 
 
 Phil 
 
 
 "Scout"  wrote in message 
 ... 
  Phil, 
  Why do you make so many assumptions? Do you do this often? It's a 
 dangerous 
  habit and will only cause you embarrassment and heartache.  Are you 
Jaxie 
 in 
  drag? Do you agree with a man who says electricity has nothing to do 
with 
  mathematics and in the same post uses math to describe the potential of 
  lightning? 
  You claim that "they're all fools here" - it seems to me that every post 
 has 
  pointed out the futility in such systems. Did I miss the post you refer 
 to? 
  The fact is that the science teacher claims no 'hidden' knowledge of 
  electricity, and said only that it follows strict rules of behavior. 
Would 
  you care to argue that point? 
  The science teacher never claimed to buy into lightning protection on a 
 
  boat, and therefore, has no such system, are you assuming otherwise? Do 
 you 
  see any post in which he defends these systems, or are his questions 
 merely 
  conversational in nature? Are you afraid of friendly discussion? 
  I'll discuss poetry OR electricity with you. You can begin, I'll 
respond. 
  Better yet, stick to posting your boring version of the truth in 
politics. 
  At least then you're easier to ignore. 
  Scout 
  
  
  "Phil Morris"  wrote in message 
    link.net... 
   Jax, 
   
   They're all fools here. Some want to insulate their boat but the 
  ionization 
   potential renders insulation useless, let alone the effects of induced 
   currents; they want to inject ions in the vicinity of their boats, yet 
 to 
   create enough potential to neutralize lightning it would, in fact, 
  generate 
   enough potential to cause lightning from their own boats; because they 
  don't 
   understand lightning, electricity, or atmospheric electrodynamics, 
they 
   claim that lightning is magic - defies all physical laws; they want to 
   ground their boats to make it part of the lightning discharge 
   circuit -increasing the chances of getting struck!; the science 
teacher 
   claims some special, hidden knowledge of electricity, but yet is not 
   practiced in the art, he should stick to poetry. Ah yes the fools 
 suffer, 
   some even buy wonder products from the black magicians. God bless Iron 
 Joe 
   of the rusty Faraday cage! What doesn't get him in a thunder clap will 
   slowly rot out his hulk by electrolysis. 
   
   There's a simple method to reduce the chances of being struck by many 
  orders 
   of magnitude by towing a lightning distraction bouy. It's proven many 
  times 
   over. 
   
   Phil 
   
   
   
   "JAXAshby"  wrote in message 
   ... 
    take a guess. 
   
   
  
  
 
 
 
 
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
			
			
			
		 
	
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