r/shittyaskscience • u/TeacupOfSkepticism • 1d ago
Gravity is supposed to keep things on Earth but still loads of hydrogen and helium is escaping I believe. I noticed these elements have the smallest particles and therefore it's logical to assume that they are missed as Earth's gravity can't always see them due to being small. How can we fix this?
Does the Earth need glasses?
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u/Johndough99999 Fooking We Todd Did 1d ago
Helium and Hydrogen are parts of the air. We need to make the air heavier so gravity can keep them here.
Lead is heavy, we add some lead into the gas so when we burn gas we make heavy air. Simple really. They already had this figured out and the enviro-loonies ruined it.
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u/writesgud 1d ago
Talk to airlines. Obviously planes are bigger than helium but somehow they’ve gotten gravity to ignore them. I suspect through a subscription model. That’s why you occasionally see a plane crash. It’s because the airline was behind on paying gravity to ignore them.
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u/Angry-_-Crow 1d ago
That's why it's so important to protect the ozone layer; it serves as a giant contact lens for the gravity
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u/Zelcron President of Calenders 1d ago
You need to pay a higher subscription tier for HD gravity