Strong Evidence Points to Earth's Proximity to Sun as Ice Age Trigger (GW Update!)

Physorg.com ^ | August 27, 2007 | UCSD

[ConservativeMind]

When Earth is close to the Sun, we get hotter. When it is further away, we get colder.

Imagine that.

[cogitator]

Well, dang and cool! This research confirms that what I wrote in point 5 in my profile is basically right!

[Bosco]

I am also an early proponent of the Sun as source of Global Warming theory.

It is intriguing, eh?

:)

[dangus]

So, when the perihelion is in the summer, we don’t have ice ages? According to that theory, shouldn’t we be in the absolute center of an ice age? The perihelion is January 1! It is still January, right? That’s not an obselete leftover from Pope Gregory’s time, is it? According to this theory, the perihelion should cycle every 24000 years, meaning that in 2000 years, it should move a month.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Its a breakthrough, f’sure.

[Jaysun]

This is blasphemy and I demand that you remove this article and stop talking about this absurd “hot sun” theory.

[xcamel]

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Another "No $h1t" moment...

[Enterprise]

"the last four great ice age cycles began when Earth’s distance from the sun during its annual orbit became great enough to prevent summertime melts of glacial ice."

So, as long as the ice is melting, that's a good thing.

[SlowBoat407]

Yeah? Well if that’s true, then why is it warmer at night than it is during the day? And brighter?

What?

Never mind.

[Greg F]

Hmmmm. I’ve read that the sun generates power equal to one hundred billion hydrogen bombs a second.

So how many miles of driving in my Toyota will create greenhouse gasses that equal a change in our proximity to the sun?

I think the answer is 7 trillion miles in my Toyota per google of an inch closer to the sun, but my calculations could be off.

[savedbygrace]

You mean it’s not my fault?

[BenLurkin]

Meanwhile...

At the Algore home...

[muawiyah]

Yes, absolutely right ~ hence the popularity of the thesis that the human invention of agricultural techniques (e.g. burning off forests to foster new growth suitible for deer and other grazing animals) simply DELAYED what should currently be a period of glaciation.

One researcher noticed that the loss of the American Indians due to the Great Die Off resulted in a noticeable worldwide temperature drop.

So, keep stoking the fire!

[lowbridge]

When Earth is close to the Sun, we get hotter. When it is further away, we get colder.

And the ONLY way to stop this phenomena is by sending all our money to Al Gore to buy carbon credits from him!

[From One - Many]

We will never convince these people that big ball of fire, in the sky, has anything to do with it. And if we do, Algore will want to fly the planet Earth out to the Sun to put out the fire. One will never be able to win with these types of ignorant people. Their motto is: I can make money on this if people believe me.

[Disambiguator]

It’s still our fault. The extra mass on the planet caused by all these SUVs being manufactured is making the Earth heavier, so the sun is pulling it in closer.

Only high taxes and socialism can prevent this!

/(do I really need one?)

[Greg F]

Dang. Googol. My calculations may be off . . .

Please continue to use your automobiles while I work out the figures. We may not be doomed at all.

[ConservativeMind]

You might want to update your #4.

The NASA numbers that showed 1998 was the hottest year were wrong.

I believe it is now considered tied with a 1930’s year.

Not to start something, but do you, in the end, propose that global warming is man-made? Your profile dances around that issues rather well. ;-)

[steve8714]

I think we all know that Halliburton has a no-bid Federal contract to move the Earth closer to the sun, so Bush’s cronies can make money.
It’s Bush’s fault.

[From One - Many]

yet mass is relative unless squared. Don’t tell Algore he will starting running around saying look out for mass squared, we need to stop it.....LOL