[beezdotcom]

Which reminds me - whatever happened to the "small comets" hypothesis? I thought there was an argument over whether or not it was due to sensor noise - but I haven't found anything more recent than this. If true, it would also have to be considered in climate models - which is yet again one more variable that environmentalists could be overlooking.

[enviros_kill]

Small comets phenomena is amazing (I thought of it while reading the web feed from GreenieWatch-then to see another smart Freeper mention it-cool.) Anyways I read the book on the "snowball comets" in the early 1990s. More evidence of the 'divine design' of the universe and how God purposely planned a home for the crown of his creation - us.

"The Privileged Planet" is a very high quality documentary showing evidence that the Earth is uniquely suited for carbon-based life AND scientific discovery.

http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=2170&program=CSC%20-%20Video%20and%20Curriculum%20-%20Multimedia

[editor-surveyor]

Which reminds me - whatever happened to the "small comets" hypothesis?

That's just one more area of research that has been essentially smothered due to it's ability to demolish any "old earth" hypothesis. If it is real, then by the end of 100,000 years or so there would be five times as much water on earth as there is now.