OT: Earth's orbit changing?

[Thermodyne]

Well, as the earths mass increases, the time to complete an orbit would increase. Laws of physics at work. And when the Last administration was in office, the mass of bull crap they were shoveling out had to have a noticeable impact on the planets mass. Ergo you have it, blame it on Clinton/Gore

[oleg]

Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
Assuming we could shelter everyone, and design farming machinery to shield the operators so we could continue to grow food from our shelters, there is still a very large question of what happens to the eco-system during this time. Lots of additional radiation will be reaching the earth's surface and we can't protect all of it. Maybe the mystery of how evolution seems to run in 'fits and starts' will be answered when the magnetic field winks out for a few centuries during its flip...

It will not be that bad. Even at the most extreme of the magnetic field flipping, the residual magnetic field will be strong enough to keep us safe. At worst, radiation will be like in polar regions today. All this stuff is good for scare stories in media but is in fact pretty harmless.

[Atrocities]

I recall watching a show on the Discovery channel that talked about how the Moon is moving away from the Earth at an average rate of 2 inches per year and how that is effecting the Earths rotation. The mood acts as a stablizer and now that it has moved so far out away from the Earth, our oribit has begun to wobble more extremely than in years past.

Again this goes back to one of my old topics about how rare life realy is and that that rareness of life is extactly why I feel there are very few, less than 100 or so simular planets to earth in the galaxy that have humaniod type life of one type or another.

[Nodachi]

Originally posted by Oleg:
It will not be that bad. Even at the most extreme of the magnetic field flipping, the residual magnetic field will be strong enough to keep us safe. At worst, radiation will be like in polar regions today. All this stuff is good for scare stories in media but is in fact pretty harmless.

Oleg, I beg to differ. The Earth's magnetic field is the only thing that protects us from solar flares. Let us get hit by an X-class flare while the field is down, or even weakened, and it'll be a very different planet indeed.

[Atrocities]

I am already depressed enough, I would rather not think about getting hit by an X-flare.

Avet your eyes if you are easily offended by comment about God.

Why would God make such a beautiful planet and fill it with living things just to burn it to a cinder?

If the planet was to be burned to a crisp, of course that would fall under the insurance term, act of god.

People say trust in faith, well by my Last count God has racked up an impressive kill score. I think if God were human, he would be tried for genecide, or at the very least, as a mass murdering serial killer.

To think that God would let everything on this planet fry is a testimate to the fact that he is not a good god, not a nice god, but an evil insane creature that feeds off of pain and sufforing.

Of course that is just my depressed opinion at the moment and does not reflect upon how I might feel tomorrow.

[Nodachi]

But Atrocities, maybe he considers us to be a failed creation and that would be his way of wiping the slate clean. Not that I would presume to know the mind of God.

[Taera]

(not a very religious person either, so forgive me if anything)
To jump on the discussion - from that point of view, who said that human is the pinnacle of creation? And you cant trial god for murder, its the only way to get rid of people :roll:

Magnetic fields flip.... it was mentioned in my physics class, can someone elaborate on that for me? Oh, i can go and research it on my own, but from people's thoughts its usually clearer.