Have i discovered a boundless free energy source? would this work?

remember the potato clock. you stick 2 probes into a potato and magically the clock gets power. why not apply the same concept on a much larger scale!! if we can manufacture 2 gigantic rods say 700 times larger and wider than the sears tower and smash one deep into earths eastern hemisphere and the other into the western hemisphere we should get enough electrictity from that to power the entire world. is this theory possible?Have i discovered a boundless free energy source? would this work?
The battery you are talking is made from sticking two dissimilar metals into a medium that readily permits the transfer of ions from one to the other. I've done it with an apple too. A zinc nail and a graphite pencil make a good mix for the battery.





Basically, ions come off of one probe and go onto the other in the presence of the acid. The result is a constant charge difference maintained between them, so there is a constant voltage which can be used to power devices. The distance apart doesn't really effect it too much, the voltage is determined by the materials. Plus, the materials get used up in the process. One gets eroded and the other gets coated by the eroding material. It's just like any other battery, it burns out after a while.





The earth could not produce an electric potential in this manner at this distance. Depending on the materials you stick your probes into, you may get a potential difference if your probes are close together, but connecting your battery to a ground will dissipate all charge. If your battery is litterally THE ground, any charge you get would completely dissipate and you wouldn't be able to draw it out to get power. Remember that even the incredible power of lightning is completely absorbed by the earth and dissipated harmlessly all the time. Once you're a few miles from a lightning strike, it's like it never happened.





Sorry.Have i discovered a boundless free energy source? would this work?
I doubt you could get any useful power from it.





Try it, on a smaller scale. drive two metal rods into the ground a few feet apart. See what voltage you get. Probably zero or a volt at the most. Put a load on it and see what current you can get.





Then repeat it for several yards separation. Does the voltage increase? probably decreases. Try under load.
may be. go ahead man. i don't want electricity bills anymore
I like the plan! ';Earth: nothing more than a giant potato.'; Sounds awesome. Get cracking!