Posted on 01/16/2012 1:51:34 AM PST by Ancient Drive
I was watching this program about the moon and the important role it plays on stabilizing earth. One of the things it does is keep it from wobbling all over the place. It keeps the earth fairly balanced, but every now and then the planet tilts 5 degrees up or down causing massive climatic changes. The last tilt turned what we now know as the Sahara desert from a lush green forest with rivers into the pile of sand it is today. So I'm thinking ok.. we have these tilts every now and then let's not forget solar flares + magnetic pole shifts. I pity the fools that drive Prius es!
Those are two major problems that simply can’t be overcome. Either one by itself makes the proposition a non-starter. Both together? I think it would be cheaper to find that earth-like planet at another star and develop the technology to get to it.
Man’s impact on the climate is insignificant. This will become obvious to future generations when they discover that no matter what they try, they can’t stop glaciers from recovering the northern hemisphere. Someday there will be a generation of Americans screaming they were lied to by our generation, while sniveling with influenza 8 months out of the year and Detroit buried under a half mile of glacial ice.
“You mean, we can’t cause a rise in global tmperature?”
“No dillweed, the jackwipes lied to your great, great grandparents.”
Someone was watching H2 last night weren’t they?
Yeah the moon is very vital to keeping the earth from wobbling all over the place.
That would qualify as an improvement.
They’ve taken x ray pics of the desert and discovered ancient rivers even whale bone. all beneath the sand. the sand is erosion of the area through 1000s of years.
The treehuggers will be begging everyone to drive SUVs and burn wood...it is funny to think of it.
The treehuggers will be begging everyone to drive SUVs and burn wood...it is funny to think of it.
Funny! I just had x-rays taken of my teeth this morning. The x-ray source was on one side. My tooth was in the middle. And the film (or whatever they use these days) was on the other side. I'm trying to envision what the setup was with the x-rays of your supposedly burried whale bone.
ML/NJ
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