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Old 15-May-2008, 11:43 PM
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This is my first ever post on the forum I would just like to introduce myself.
I have an O'level in chemistry. Thats it. No PHD no years of exerience, nothing realy. Ive been reading a bit on this, tonight for the first time. And to me it makes perfect sense.......... Please read on.
I dont know about physics, I'm not even quite sure how an internal combustion engine works, but what I do know is that if you take a gas and cool it, it condenses, (becomes liquid, I think. There you go thats about the extent of my knowlege.)
This being the case......
If earth was created Billions of years ago, soley of gasses and stardust, with the aid of gravity, it would have eventually created a mass yes (the Earth) surrounded by gases (Y/N?).
We are told that the "universe" is expanding, along with our galaxy, therefore the Earth is moving away from the Sun right? Eventually these gases surronding the earth would have condensed, to create a liquid covering the entire Earth. (Y/N?) (basic laws of chemistry and physics).
If the continual movement of the Earth moving away from the Sun caused a reduction in gravity then the Earth Would expand causing rifts in the upper crust allowing the liquid to subside, and the land mass to reveal itself.

Please tell me if I am talking from my BUTT, but if this is not a reasonable hypothesis then it goes against the laws of chemistry and phisics in my understanding.
Please excuse my spelling and grammar. I'm having trouble editing the post. Thanks for listening.
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Apparently the force of expansion we have observed is weaker than the force of gravity over less-than-intergalactic distances. So the expanding universe wouldn't move the Earth away from the Sun.

Also, we don't observe the Earth moving away from the Sun, and we don't observe the Earth's diameter increasing.
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And, even if (for some reason) the Earth did move further from the sun, it wouldn't affect the Earth's self-gravity.

Welcome to BAUT, tomsolomon. You might want to check out the Question and Answer section for astronomy questions, but you're right that "expanding Earth" arguments belong in this section.
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Old 16-May-2008, 01:09 AM
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The basic scientific pricipals, and common sense state, that the Earth at some time in its early life should have been covered completely in water.
Forgive my naivity, but I would have thought that this simple fact would have been obvious the most experienced of minds.
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Old 16-May-2008, 02:21 AM
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The basic scientific pricipals, and common sense state, that the Earth at some time in its early life should have been covered completely in water.
Forgive my naivity, but I would have thought that this simple fact would have been obvious the most experienced of minds.
Common sense tells me that we cannot know one way or the other, in the absence of information about the original amount of water and the lumpiness of the surface.
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The basic scientific pricipals, and common sense state, that the Earth at some time in its early life should have been covered completely in water.
Forgive my naivity, but I would have thought that this simple fact would have been obvious the most experienced of minds.
I don't know about this idea being commonsense. By the time the Earth was cool enough to allow water to condense & form liquid pools on the surface, I think there would have been enough tectonic activity & also collisions from space in the early 'dirty' solar system, for there to be rises, shallows & deeps - ie. the water would have collected in the lowest points leaving quite a bit of solid surface clear.

Add to that the ongoing evaporation/condensation cycle & I don't think it's quite so 'commonsense.'

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Old 16-May-2008, 10:15 AM
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Hi tomsolomon, and welcome ...

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I have an O'level in chemistry. Thats it. No PHD no years of exerience, nothing realy. Ive been reading a bit on this, tonight for the first time. And to me it makes perfect sense.......... Please read on.
I dont know about physics, I'm not even quite sure how an internal combustion engine works, but what I do know is that if you take a gas and cool it, it condenses, (becomes liquid, I think. There you go thats about the extent of my knowlege.)
OK ... you've revealed that your education is limited ... and your knowledge is limited (eg, not all gases become liquids when cooled - it is also pressure-dependent, something that you should have picked up in Chemistry class) ...

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If earth was created Billions of years ago, soley of gasses and stardust, with the aid of gravity, it would have eventually created a mass yes (the Earth) surrounded by gases (Y/N?).
Not really - "stardust" and gas, yes ... but also a lot of ices ... and the process of planetary accretion also included objects which of themselves comprised considerable mass ... the early gaseous envelope (sometimes called the first atmosphere) was thought to have been lost ...

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We are told that the "universe" is expanding, along with our galaxy, therefore the Earth is moving away from the Sun right?
These two are not connected in the way you think - as I understand it (which is hardly at all) universal expansion does not apply at scales of galaxies; certainly not at planetary distances ... shifts in the orbital distance of the Earth/Moon around the Sun are related to perturbing effects on gravity, with minor influences due to changes in mass over time ... the net effect is infinitesimal, and not always in the same direction (ie, the Earth/Moon system is not always moving away from the Sun) ...

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Eventually these gases surronding the earth would have condensed, to create a liquid covering the entire Earth. (Y/N?) (basic laws of chemistry and physics).
You might want to check those basic laws - there are quite a lot of gases which have not condensed to create a liquid ... you're breathing some of them ... certainly, a lot (but not all) of the water vapour condensed out, and yes, the primordial ocean was thought to have covered at least 90% of the surface of the Earth - it covers roughly 70% now ...

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If the continual movement of the Earth moving away from the Sun caused a reduction in gravity then the Earth Would expand causing rifts in the upper crust allowing the liquid to subside, and the land mass to reveal itself.
The Earth's position in relation to the Sun has virtually no bearing on the Earth's gravity - the best you can expect is a reduction in solar tides ... the reduction of ocean surface coverage is not caused by an expanding Earth - it was caused by a contracting Earth (I bet that raised your eyebrows), a cooling Earth (if you want some basic chemistry and physics, there it is ...), and by a collection of processes which we can call plate tectonics, which includes rifting, but also includes orogenies and subduction - neither of which can be explained by an expanding Earth ...

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Please tell me if I am talking from my BUTT, but if this is not a reasonable hypothesis then it goes against the laws of chemistry and phisics in my understanding.
perhaps you need to improve your understanding of both chemistry and physics, and toss in a little geology and planetary evolution ...
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Old 16-May-2008, 10:22 AM
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Another thing that concerns me is the fact that some believe there was a single land mass on one side of the planet.
Ok lets take a car wheel for instance.
If you do not balance a car wheel correctly when you travel along the wheel wobbles, and at speed in some cases, quite severly. Surely this cause the Earth to traverse around the Sun in a spiraling orbit.
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Another thing that concerns me is the fact that some believe there was a single land mass on one side of the planet.
Ok lets take a car wheel for instance.
If you do not balance a car wheel correctly when you travel along the wheel wobbles, and at speed in some cases, quite severly. Surely this cause the Earth to traverse around the Sun in a spiraling orbit.

While there are factors which cause the Earth to "wobble" on its axis, the placement of continental masses is likely to be the least of them ...

It's common to think of continental masses as these incredibly huge unwieldy objects which must upset the planet - it doesn't matter how many times we are told that, at comparable scales, the Earth is smoother than a billiard ball, it remains unbelievable because we can see a mountain that rises five miles into the air, but we can't see that the centre of the Earth is 6000 miles away ... it doesn't matter that the continents are the least dense components of the solid Earth, because rocks are so heavy ...

If you shaved all the hair from one side of your body, would you have to compensate for that, or would you lose your balance and tip over?
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Old 16-May-2008, 10:47 AM
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If you shaved all the hair from one side of your body, would you have to compensate for that, or would you lose your balance and tip over?
Thats quite a bad analogy realy. Would it be fairer to say "If you took all the liquid from one side of your body would it affect you balance?"
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Thats quite a bad analogy realy. Would it be fairer to say "If you took all the liquid from one side of your body would it affect you balance?"
you believe that the continents are about 40% of the mass of the Earth?


actually my analogy was still overstating the relative impact ...
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Ok many thanks for clearing up a bit for me. Just a couple more things though.
Nibiru... Does it in fact exist?
According to Mayan history we are near the end of a epoch denoted by the end of the cycle of the Mayan calander. Could these two events be connected and how will the lining up of the galaxy, and possibly (speculation) the movement of a large interstellar body passing through or solar system, affect the state of the planet.
Armaggedon does not realy interest me, but I was just curious as to whether these events would have any affect and would they be noticeable?
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According to Mayan history we are near the end of a epoch denoted by the end of the cycle of the Mayan calander.
Ding!

Be right back...

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Please review the articles in the topics in this list, and do let us know what aspects of the year 2012 predictions we at BAUT Forum have so far failed to address.
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  4. Pole shift / Planetary alignment 2012?
  5. 2012 alignment question
  6. about the Mayan 2012 item
  7. 2012 Debunking?
  8. Possible asteroid impact in 2012?
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  10. We don't have to worry about 2012!
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  12. 2012 Completion of conspiracy?
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  16. According to the Mayans, what will happen on 23rd Dec. 2012?
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  40. the whole 2012 poles flip nonsense
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Ok many thanks for clearing up a bit for me. Just a couple more things though.
Nibiru... Does it in fact exist?
According to Mayan history we are near the end of a epoch denoted by the end of the cycle of the Mayan calander. Could these two events be connected and how will the lining up of the galaxy, and possibly (speculation) the movement of a large interstellar body passing through or solar system, affect the state of the planet.
Armaggedon does not realy interest me, but I was just curious as to whether these events would have any affect and would they be noticeable?
Well, this is a very different topic ...
and well covered elsewhere, I believe (and 01101001 just illustrated) ...
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Old 16-May-2008, 10:29 PM
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The old addage is obviously true then....
It only takes one time.
One post and already I'm in the Troll hall of fame.
Very interesting reading if your paraniod or smoke lots of pot.
Unfortunately I'm not in either of those catagories, I was a little premature in voicing my opinions, (maybe I should have done a little reading beforehand. But who reads the instructions before playing with the toy.
My appologies for getting off on the wrong foot, I will think twice before putting it in my mouth again.
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The old addage is obviously true then....
It only takes one time.
One post and already I'm in the Troll hall of fame.
To be fair, it was more than one.
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Apology accepted. Welcome to BAUT!
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As for the expanding-Earth idea, look for nearly any thread started by ExpErdMann, our resident expanding-Earth proponent.

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