How could we cope with shorter days and less sleep? How would it affect our climate and geography? Can We Survive Faster? We don't feel the earth spinning because, along with everything else on this planet, we're spinning with it. The world spins at about 1,600 km / h (1,000 mph) at the equator and completes a full revolution in 24 hours. But the further you go from the equator, the slower you turn, because the earth becomes narrower the further you move north or south.

So if you were at the equator, you would cover 25,000 miles (40,234 km) in one day. But if it were about 3 meters from the North Pole, it would only rotate about 20 meters in 24 hours. If you have timing issues, record both the original and the alternative: if you spin twice as fast, you'll be back in half the time. That is if there is still ground to stand ... if you spin twice as fast, you lose half the day. Time flies by, but you'll start with the good news: weight loss.

Right, if the world spun twice as fast you would weigh a lot less. All-day, every day, the centrifugal force of the earth's rotation threatens to shake the planet.

Fortunately, gravity is stronger and keeps you on the ground. However, at the equator, you weigh about 0.5 kg less because where the earth rotates faster, more centrifugal force is generated, which reduces the force of gravity a little. Twice as fast as the rotation of the earth, and we are all the biggest losers! That's ... because things are getting a lot worse.

Think of all of your favorite television shows and try to accept the fact that most of the satellites used for communications, military intelligence, and television broadcasting are in sync with the Earth's rotation. Even the slightest increase in speed would knock them out of orbit. But who has time? For television these days? When the days are only half as long? Do you think you could work with 4 hours of sleep instead of 8? How about one or two meals a day instead of three?

People would have to design new schedules and new calendars. Because instead of 365 days a year, it would now be 730. Hopefully, there would also be twice as many holidays ... Switching to a new body clock would be difficult, and not everyone would be successful.

The weather could no longer be saved. For starters, extreme weather would be a lot more, well, extreme due to the curvature of the earth, the wind, and the curvature of the water, as well as their spread across the surface of the earth. This is the Coriolis Effect, and it is this phenomenon that gives hurricanes their rotation. The faster the earth rotates, the more the winds bend, the more eddies rotate, and the more energy they carry with them. Conclusion: deadliest disasters.

So next time you have a long day, be glad it wasn't any shorter. Our way of life depends on it. Live at the moment, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.