If the magnetosphere is collapsing there isn’t squat we can do about it.
Its not a total loss because we can still spend billions pimping the smart grid.
Did you see the Drudge thread, last night? Lots of speculation on what his warning meant.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3116484/posts
OH, NO! All the lighter elements and compounds in our atmosphere (oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor) will fly off into space, and only carbon dioxide shall be left, choking and suffocating us all, as the surface temperatures spiral out of control. Global warming vindicated at last!
Just one more ploy in the unending quest to justify the concept of taxing ourselves into oblivion for doubtful and uncertain outcomes.
The collapse of the magnetic shield produces electromagnetic friction that transforms into energy, to heat.
The magnetic collapse produces global warming.
“If the magnetosphere is collapsing there isn’t squat we can do about it.”
I think we might be able to do something about it. One solution would be a ring of nuclear reactors at the equator pumping current through a super conductor. It would be mind boggling expensive, but doable.
The other would be to establish a lunar base with a nuclear reactor and a particle accelerator that would mine electrons from the moon and shoot them into outer space. The moon would then acquire a net positive charge and the circular motion would generate a weak magnetic field but over a vast volume of space.