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minus-squareOnno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 hours agoThe most people live in the southern hemisphere, India and China. August is winter here. Radio waves are the same as light, so if radio stopped working the way you envisage, light would too. Electricity, electronics and electrons are deeply connected with radio waves, so anything electronic would likely cease to function. Any flying plane with fly by wire would likely crash, traditional linkage type planes would need to land because their engines would cease to operate. Helicopters would probably auto rotate to an immediate landing. People would likely starve pretty rapidly, since society is built around electricity. The phenomenon most like what you describe is called an EMP, Electro Magnetic Pulse.
minus-squareERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·12 hours agoNo exactly what I meant. I mean, only the Radio portion of the EM spectrum stops working.
minus-squareOnno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radiolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 hours agoIf you’re going to ignore physics, you can decide specifically what the impact will be.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-210 hours agoAs the perceived wavelength or energy of the photon depends on the relative motion between the source of the EM wave and the receiver (matter), this isn’t a trivial question at all.
The most people live in the southern hemisphere, India and China. August is winter here.
Radio waves are the same as light, so if radio stopped working the way you envisage, light would too.
Electricity, electronics and electrons are deeply connected with radio waves, so anything electronic would likely cease to function.
Any flying plane with fly by wire would likely crash, traditional linkage type planes would need to land because their engines would cease to operate.
Helicopters would probably auto rotate to an immediate landing.
People would likely starve pretty rapidly, since society is built around electricity.
The phenomenon most like what you describe is called an EMP, Electro Magnetic Pulse.
No exactly what I meant. I mean, only the Radio portion of the EM spectrum stops working.
If you’re going to ignore physics, you can decide specifically what the impact will be.
As the perceived wavelength or energy of the photon depends on the relative motion between the source of the EM wave and the receiver (matter), this isn’t a trivial question at all.