Theory about Climate Change

[area51newmexico]

This is not my theory, so I can't hold my hand up and claim the credit for it. I have been asked to put it on the forum to see what others think of it.

Imagine a golf ball flying through the air - it has a set path. Now imagine the golf ball has a bit of mud on the side of it - this changes it's trajectory of its path.

Compare this to the earth. If we build large cities (putting more weight on one area) can this also change the earths path or axis?
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[Lamiaceae]

If your golf ball was flying through the air, its path is relative to the earth ( I assume that it's not flying in space or anything )

Then it depends on the amount of mud relative to the golf ball but ultimately the over riding force on it will be that of the Earth's gravity that will have the biggest effect on the golf ball's trajectory not the mud.

Ie, unless you have a big massive blob of mud on the golf ball, the trajectory won't be affected that much.



Now, in relation to the Earth, the Earth orbits around the Sun due to the gravitational pull of that.

Now the size of the Sun dwarfs the Earth a lot of times over - see here

http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htm

As the Earth orbits the Sun I doubt you could build anything on the Earth to do anything to affect its path and anything you did do would have at best an infinitesimal effect.

Besides, what are you going to build these cities out of ? - where did you get the matter in the first place? - from the Earth? - but it's already there!

I don't see how this is related to global warming but I remember a documentary I was watching years ago which stated that every now and again, the Earth's North Pole wobbled and pointed a few degrees elsewhere and it's this that caused our last ice age.

Besides, i'm sure if we were making a serious impact on the Earth then astronomers would of noticed and would of made the right calls to the right people.

As by the sounds of things this is a theory coming from your dad\paul\someone in the office it perhaps doesn't have any scientific background rather it's a thought that came to them rather than something that they read in a respected scientific or astronomy journal.



I haven't done physics for ages, so I may be wrong - I can ask people who will know the answer of course.
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[aalpha]

What he said.
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[area51newmexico]

Thanks for your comments - I'll pass them onto the person who thought it up

[aalpha]

I remember when Ross Perot was running for president. His critics accused him of having an over simplified approach to many gigantic problems.

So it made perfect comedic sense to depict Perot as advocating putting all jet aircraft in the world in the Sahara Desert facing west and rev all the engines full throttle and bring the rotation of the earf to a stop.

I can't remember what the comedian was addressing but his caricature of Perot was perfect.

I wonder if your Dad's friend is remembering a dream about a comedian making fun of Perot or sumin. Anyway why don't you or your Dad suggest putting enough jets somewhere to counter any unevenness or wobbling and see what he thinks about that.
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[wnight1]

Hi
Check out the web site address below and then draw your own conclusion:

http://www.divulgence.net/index.html

The earth spins at just over a Thousand miles per hour. With a liquid core.
The liquid core would keep the balance of earth in perfect rotation. The liquid core would be moving faster then the ground making the earth a big Gyroscope . The top layer or crust of the Earth would be left to the mercy of mother nature to fix any abormalities. We all see this everyday.
Have a good nights sleep