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A Beginner's View of Our Electric Universe - New

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It is all very well for some to sound confident when they talk about the forces we find in nature, but the fact is,<br />

those forces and their relationships remain enigmas to science. We can talk about the effects <strong>of</strong> any force but we<br />

still cannot describe in clear terms what, most fundamentally, a force actually is. Despite this, the ultimate goal<br />

<strong>of</strong> science is to do away with these four separate definitions and to have only one force defined and accepted<br />

as being at the root <strong>of</strong> everything. For me, this will be the force <strong>of</strong> electromagnetism, but this view will not be<br />

shared by many in today’s gravity-centric astro-science. Could a clue to this be that astro-science has not yet<br />

looked in detail with an open mind at what electromagnetism is about or the part it may play in our universe?<br />

We need to remember that the important things we have been told about gravity have not been proved and<br />

that what we have been given is at best, only opinion. The fact is that better theories are available to explain<br />

the form and operation <strong>of</strong> things which the force <strong>of</strong> gravity has traditionally been taken to explain. These<br />

alternative theories have been around for many years but have been largely ignored, sometimes suppressed and<br />

frequently ridiculed by those who either do not understand them or who have other agendas. These reactions<br />

are pr<strong>of</strong>essionally immature, inappropriate and come on occasion from those who seem to have a stake in<br />

protecting either their own careers, their projects, their egos or their status within some ‘valuable’ hierarchy.<br />

So, to reinforce the relevance <strong>of</strong> plasma in space and its link with the EM force, and to ‘lift the curtain’ further<br />

on what is shortly to come, I need to mention how the effects <strong>of</strong> plasma present themselves in the environment<br />

<strong>of</strong> space. ‘Space’ is aptly named because there sure is a lot <strong>of</strong> it! It is bigger than we can imagine and it is filled<br />

throughout with mostly dark mode plasma that is concentrated in regions <strong>of</strong> various dimensions, constituent<br />

elements and densities, all <strong>of</strong> which have positively and negatively charged regions within and around them.<br />

It is truly hard to imagine the immense power that these vast regions have stored within them, untold numbers<br />

<strong>of</strong> which are millions <strong>of</strong> light years in size. Over time, these mostly invisible but now detectable super-galacticsized<br />

clouds and more obvious formations <strong>of</strong> charged matter interact with each other and with regions <strong>of</strong><br />

neutral matter (dust molecules and other gases) as well. This takes place through electrical and magnetic events<br />

that induce current flow within and throughout all their various forms. In turn, the gigantic currents produced<br />

generate further magnetic fields, which being dynamic in nature (i.e. continually moving and interacting), go on<br />

to induce additional current flow in adjoining regions, sheets and filaments <strong>of</strong> plasma.<br />

This cycle <strong>of</strong> interplay goes on and on, and as far as we know, plasma in space has forever been there going<br />

through this same process. When powerful currents flow within plasma, the most common appearance they take<br />

is that <strong>of</strong> long and twisted filamentary strands ... Why does this happen? Well, we know that current flowing<br />

through any conductor produces a magnetic field around it in a circular formation like a tube. This is just the<br />

same with plasma when it is conducting current, and this is the reason we see filaments <strong>of</strong> plasma, because they<br />

are being constricted by their own magnetic fields into that strand-like form. Another action <strong>of</strong> the naturally<br />

attractive magnetic force is to bring these filaments together in pairs to form a helical twisted appearance that<br />

looks as if those pairs <strong>of</strong> conductors are ‘entwined’ with each other.<br />

72 | Some basic theory that will help

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