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Uh yeah I already knew that. I learned that in grade school. However, if it took only 365 days instead of 365 days and 1/4 you'd get the effect that our seasons would be off, hence global warming. Also, has anyone actually looked to see if our revolution around the sun is perfect every single time? No, nobody has. With the technology we have, it shouldn't be too hard to do. So before you go flaming me and pointing out the obvious that you've been programmed to think, why not think about the possibility that our scientific community could be in error.

However, if it took only 365 days instead of 365 days and 1/4

It doesn't.

has anyone actually looked to see if our revolution around the sun is perfect every single time?

Well, it's not exactly 365.25, which is why there are leap seconds and whatnot occasionally.

Also, has anyone actually looked to see if our revolution around the sun is perfect every single time? No, nobody has.

What do you think astronomers do all night, look at Penthouse and wank themselves?

The determination of the orbital period of Earth is measured by looking to see how long it takes for the same distant stars to return to the same position in our sky. How else could we possibly determine it? One HAS to have an external fixed point of reference; the stars are all we have.

Plummz is exactly right. There is no evidence what so ever for the orbital period of the earth being anything other than 365.25 days (and change).... EVERY year.

Furthermore, your contention that moving the seasons around by an incorrect calender would cause us to erroneously conclude that a global warmimg trend was occuring makes no sense: global warming refers to ANNUAL average global temperatures. It makes no difference whether we think it's Spring or Fall when we take the measurements, as long as we average a consecutive year's worth of observations.

Uh yeah I already knew that. I learned that in grade school. However, if it took only 365 days instead of 365 days and 1/4 you'd get the effect that our seasons would be off, hence global warming. Also, has anyone actually looked to see if our revolution around the sun is perfect every single time? No, nobody has. With the technology we have, it shouldn't be too hard to do. So before you go flaming me and pointing out the obvious that you've been programmed to think, why not think about the possibility that our scientific community could be in error.

The planetary orbital periods (including our own) have been calculated quite well. If they were not, we would never have been able to get spacecraft to the other planets.