Should they use aluminum bats instead?
It would take away from the game's history to do away with wooden batsAlso, can you imagine how much paper would be used for petitioning, signing and going from person to person to pass this rule? There's alot of trees there! Also, someone made a very good point already about how the manufacturers grow more trees than they cut downIf baseball wanted to save trees, they could do alot of minor details insteadIf the restrooms at the stadiums were all using blow dryers instead of paper towells, that would be more beneficial than using aluminum batsI respect you concern on the economy, but I dont think this is the route to go towards in saving treesThank you though
Actually, the easiest way that actually gives you a result of a shock would be either to rub your feet on a rug, and in a dry environment, you will get a static electricity 'shock' when you touch something metallic, particularly if its groundedIf you want to duplicate this action, you would use a battery (say a 9v) to charge up a capacitor, and when you short the capacitor leads you get a zap of sudden electrical releaseCoils are fine and they do provide an inductive kick as its called by technicians, but to actually divert that to be used as a 'shock' isn't easy and not likely to produce a shock because this kick is produced by the collapse of the magnetic field the coil built up, which doesn't last longBe aware though that the capacitance of capacitors vary, some are way too small to produce any significant 'shock' and others are too big and could actually cause death if you charged them up and shocked a person with it.
A few ways to do it, some more complicated than others A lot depends on what voltage you want to createEssentially you need a capacitor an inductor, or better a transformer and ameans to interupt themThe early autmobile and tractor coils were nothing more than 2 windings, one primary that hooked to the generator or battery completing the circuit through the frameand a secondary winding that connected to the spark plug completing the circuit through the frame and engineThe primary was located in away that created a magnetic field below the interupter, which was also able to be adjusted for tensionWhen the magnetic field built to a sufficient level it pulled the arm down thus breaking the circuit of the primary windingThe secondary winding had many more turns on it so the voltage induced by the collapsing magnetic field was much higher than that of the battery or generator, and it was enough to jump the gap of the distributor rotor and cap when came in close proximity to each sparkplug wire terminal in the distributor cap as well as the gap of the spark plug The intensity of the spark can be increased by adding a capacitor across the terminals of the interupterThe can be used to make decent electric fences too.
Take a good 9 volt battery, stick your tongue against the terminals, your will receive a light shock if it is good (Please do this at your own risk).
Get yourself a coil from copper wiresThe more turns the copper wire have, the better( an old motorcar ignition coil will work bestConnect both leads of the coil to the battery momentaryWhen you take one of the leads away fast, and you touch it while you do that, you will get your shock you wantWorking principle : A magnetic field is established as soon as electric current flow through the coilWhen you break the current fast ( that's why a motorcar's spark plugs fire.) then the magnetic field collapse through the windings of the coilThis induce by what we call self-induction, a voltage pulse over the disconnected lead(s) of which the voltage depend from the number of wire turns, the amps (current) and the time taken to break the connection Good Luck.
