It turns out that mild fluctuations in the Earth's rotation speed have an effect on earthquake strength, and the planet maybe going into a slight slowdown with potentially dire consequences (see link)

Clearly a strategy to counter balance these fluctuations need to be developed, perhaps using properly timed launches of thousands of heavy lifting rockets in proper locations, sending some excess mass into space.
-- theircompetitor, Nov 19 2017

Slower rotation increases earthquakes https://www.express...-scale-ring-of-fire
[theircompetitor, Nov 19 2017]

If we sped the Earth up enough we could change its shape to become more oblate and less spheroid. Eventually the continental plates would align creating an equatorial archipelago.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Nov 19 2017


How about if everyone is required to own a hamster & all align their exercise wheel in the same direction?
-- Skewed, Nov 19 2017


Such alignment would mean that, in some localities, it would be more of a hamster wall of death. Excluding lemmings, this would have to addressed by a whole lot of worm gears at funny angles.
-- pertinax, Nov 19 2017


You don't need worm gears, you need hamster gears, shirley ? Training any sort of worm to run round in a wheel is going to be a considerable challenge. The lack of limbs is going to be a major issue for a start ...
-- 8th of 7, Nov 19 2017


I'm not sure if that was meant as a searing indictment of the 20th century or if you really mean it, either way I like it :)
-- Skewed, Nov 19 2017


At least it’s still better than Nickelback.
-- RayfordSteele, Nov 19 2017



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