Does the Earth Have an Excess of Positive Charge?

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most of the cosmic rays that hit the Earth is made up of positively charged particles, like protons. This suggests that the Earth has a growing excess of positive charge ...
Is this true?
 
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Probably not. There are enough free electrons in outer space. As a result any positive charge on Earth would attact electrons to balance.