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To: VadeRetro
Explain this...

"The precise tilt of the earth in relation to the plane of its orbit around the Sun is also essential to life, since it further stabilizes temperature and prevents extremes. An earth that rotated even slightly more slowly would produce differences in day and night temperatures that would make life difficult or impossible. A rotation more rapid would cause catastrophic wind storms that would sweep away everything in their paths. The speed of rotation is... precisely---what is needed for human life."

107 posted on 03/08/2002 3:04:39 PM PST by f.Christian
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To: f.Christian
Well, we used to be rotating faster but we still had life. Show me that a tilt of 16 degrees wouldn't work about as well as what we have.
108 posted on 03/08/2002 3:06:55 PM PST by VadeRetro
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To: f.Christian
A rotation more rapid would cause catastrophic wind storms that would sweep away everything in their paths. The speed of rotation is... precisely---what is needed for human life."

It's been pointed out that the Earth has previously rotated at a rather faster rate, with a day being several hours shorter. Yet life existed then. Your assertion about the higher speeds causing great winds would seem to be bogus. Winds result from the heating of air and its resulting movement, not through the Earth's rotation.

Or are you just blithering to hear yourself talk?

Regards,
Snidely

117 posted on 03/08/2002 3:22:58 PM PST by Snidely Whiplash
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