Is the space elevator affected by lightening, sprites, emf?

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Does a conductor from space to Earth mess with the separation of charges in the solar system?
 
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In that experiment the tether was moving through the Earth's' magnetic field. A space elevator would be stationary so would presumably not generate a current.
 
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