A volume of dirt of 1000 cubic meters is placed in a container with a line to ground. Popcicle sticks were placed vertically into the dirt about 1/3 the way in.

A 1 cubic meter spherical conductor with a certain charge passes 1 meter above the dirt at a velocity of 1 m/s.

This step is repeated at increasing charge, starting a the dielectric withstand moment between the conductor and the dirt.

Testable hypothesis:
There exists a charge potential on the conductor by which, one will see the Popsicle sticks sink into the earth. The dirt losing its structural integrity.