Earth Facts...

[Menehune Man]

It totally amazes me how we're flying through space at (?) speed, spinning around, tilted and in an orbit while not even feeling it ! What intrigues you about our home?

[DaveNSoKona]

Momentum & gravity and the laws of physics.

Even more mysterious:

Why does the hair on your arm stop growing but the hair on your head or face, if you have any, doesn't stop growing? :rolleyes:

[Glen Miyashiro]

It amazes me that the Earth is livable. The more the astronomers find out about other planets, the more you realize that there are a million ways to be too hot, too cold, etc. and apparently only one way to be juuuust riiight. Wow.

[cezanne]

Not an earth fact but: why is it that I can take a cold shower at the beach no problem... but the thought of taking a cold shower at home terrifies me...hmmmm.

[helen]

The more the astronomers find out about other planets
Or some planets where the year is about 3 to 4 days long.

[Menehune Man]

How about... If we didn't have the moon orbiting, the oceans wouldn't have tides or currents. Which would leave them stangnant, not as full of life and worse of all... NO SURF!

[helen]

Ocean currents are driven by changes in temperature. Tides on the other hand are influenced by the pull of gravity from the moon and the sun, so with the moon not being there you will still have the tidal changes from the sun's influence but not as much of a difference between the low and high tides.

Surf on the other hand is mostly driven by the weather and that too is based on the temperature changes due to the sun's warming of the oceans.

I will grant you if the moon was never up there circling the Earth life here would be different in many ways, but surfing would still be the same.

[newroots]

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wanna know why theeeee earf is perfect cuz god made it... duuuuuuuuuuuuuh....

just kidddding. no need fo' be angry bwaaa... i wish i had pidgin tounge :(

did you know ... for one barrel of oil to be found , you need two barrels

[Menehune Man]

Isn't it neat how moisture ranges from frozen ice to liquid water to clouds and even to humidity / steam. Gotta love that H2O.

[kimo55]

that is pretty damn neat, yea.

[SouthKona]

Why does the hair on your arm stop growing but the hair on your head or face, if you have any, doesn't stop growing? :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

Interesting question, got me thinking, too!
Gotta love "ask jeeves", http://www.ask.com/:
The hairs don't stop growing, they fall off. You wouldn't notice because
they don't fall off all at once. It's the same thing with the hair on your
head, only you do cut it now and then. Maybe. :-) People who let their
hair grow uncut get hair of a certain length. Some down to the middle of
their back, some down to their buttocks, some a bit further still. This
difference is genetic. Again, it is not that their hair stops growing,
it's just that they fall off at this stage.

[MadAzza]

did you know ... for one barrel of oil to be found , you need two barrels

OK, I give up. What??

[Menehune Man]

I believe he means that in order to collect 1 barrel of oil we use 2 in fuel spent. Sounds reasonable to how we do things. :rolleyes:

[helen]

If that what it takes to drill, transport, refine, transport to finally getting it to you, that might sound kind of reasonable.

[Menehune Man]

How about that all life on earth needs either oxigen or carbon dioxide and that the by-product after use is the other one. There's so much that's just amazing on earth.

[Menehune Man]

Lifecycles. Plant or animal, all begin life-grow-age-die. If things go well, at some point during that cycle, at least one more of that species is created. In order to perpetuate another lifecycle. I did my part in helping to create another human. My daughter is 23 and I took on my wife's son who's now 21.

[kimo55]

How about that all life on earth needs either ....


how bout; a baby is born... grows up, affects the world in so many ways, learns much, then the life in that one form, is snuffed out. Instantly.
whether it's 18 or 80. kinda shakes the crap outtaya when ya think about it. Seems like a little bit of a sad waste. I mean, can't that knowledge, wisdom, spiritual growth, etc... carry on somehow or somewhere and do some good?

[Menehune Man]

I mean, can't that knowledge, wisdom, spiritual growth, etc... carry on somehow or somewhere and do some good?

I think it does Kimo. Hopefully some of all those things will be passed on to the next generation and or affect society in some way. The other hope is that the person's soul gets to hang out with God for eternity.

[kimo55]

The other hope is that the person's soul gets to hang out with God for eternity.



zzzzzzzZZZZzzzz.
bo-RING.
I was thinking more along the lines of, say... maybe reincarnation? ya know, that "system" understood by 80% of the world's population?

(oh, here we go!)

[Menehune Man]

Okay. Do you believe that you will return in another or maybe many other lives? Have you already lived a few? Or maybe as an animal? There are lots of different beliefs along these lines. How does your present lifestyle affect the next? If at all? Just friendly questions about your position.

[kimo55]

Just friendly questions about your position.
supine at da moment...

[pinakboy]

http://photos21.flickr.com/32987026_75dd49438a_o.jpg

sorry eh i jus wanted to post dis nice pic... :D

[DaveNSoKona]

I believe he means that in order to collect 1 barrel of oil we use 2 in fuel spent. Sounds reasonable to how we do things. :rolleyes:

Factoid:

NREL's research showed that one quad (7.5 billion gallons) of biodiesel could be produced from 200,000 hectares of desert land (200,000 hectares is equivalent to 780 square miles, roughly 500,000 acres. Algea likes farm runoff waste and will grow in brackish water....perfect for California!

Widescale Biodiesel Production from Algae (http://www.unh.edu/p2/biodiesel/article_alge.html)

[Menehune Man]

If by some's calculations the earth is overdue for an ice age and since various emissions are creating a greenhouse effect (global warming), will we have one? Maybe the two opposing situations will cancel eachother out or even just continue to get hotter instead. What's the latest prediction?

[kimo55]

sorry eh i jus wanted to post dis nice pic... :D


yea. ok...
and a da copyright is owned by google...
and why, again, ya "jus wanted to post dis nice pic" ?

[Fondoo2]

the fact that humanity can be compared to a virus in so many ways,toxifying our host,reckless breeding and damaging our host to a point of our own possible distruction,working on finding another host we could jump too.I hope no beings come along with some intersteller raid.EEK RAID!
I hope some day science will not be driven by profite and can instead work towards bringing back our balance with nature.
Gawed I'm such a hippie

[ahola]

the fact that humanity can be compared to a virus in so many ways,toxifying our host,reckless breeding and damaging our host to a point of our own possible distruction,working on finding another host we could jump too.I hope no beings come along with some intersteller raid.EEK RAID!
I hope some day science will not be driven by profite and can instead work towards bringing back our balance with nature.
Gawed I'm such a hippie

Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
Carl Sagan

Humans are just insignificant specks on this rock and the rock will still be here long after we're gone.

[pinakboy]

yea. ok...
and a da copyright is owned by google...
and why, again, ya "jus wanted to post dis nice pic" ?

coz i wanted to try my google earth map capture... works pretty good!! :D

[Menehune Man]

If you measure from the true base, (ocean floor), The island of Hawai'i is the tallest mountain in the world. Pretty cool yeah.

[DaveNSoKona]

If you measure from the true base, (ocean floor), The island of Hawai'i is the tallest mountain in the world. Pretty cool yeah.

My wife pointed out that NO mountains in the rest of the world are measured this way.

[Menehune Man]

It seems that we've been getting alot more ocean water up on land lately. :confused:

[kimo55]

hey buddy.
No bad jokes!
c'mon.
show some sensitivity.

[Menehune Man]

It's not a joke at all. The recent big tsunami and now this. I donated to a fund for a sister church in Sri Lanka and will find a way to help in my little way now. Sure makes me appreciate what I do have at this time in my life and to realize that I could lose even that in a moments notice.

[toeknee]

I once saw a science documentary (don't remember where) that described the moon's role in keeping the earth spinning smoothly on its axis. Without the moon's gravity, earth would just wobble off into space. Woe! :eek:

[Menehune Man]

My wife pointed out that NO mountains in the rest of the world are measured this way. RE: The Island of Hawaii has the tallest mountains in the world.

While it's true that the height of mountains are measured from sea level, That's because their base is continental. The base of any island in any sea is the sea floor. There's a brand new exhibit in the Planetarium Lobby of the Bishop Museum called "Science on a Sphere". Part of the monologue in that exhibit pronounces Mauna Kea to be the tallest mountain in the world. So some respected scientist concurs with little ol' me.

[Menehune Man]

The Ocean's deepest point is believed to be the Mariana Trench. Thought to be 36,200 Feet. Here's a LINK (www.marianatrench.com)

[Menehune Man]

I watched a TV show last night called "Last days on Earth".
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2319986

Many different scientists and respected professionals in their fields spoke on what they believe to be the eight most possible ways for the annihilation of the Earth or at least the extinction of humans to come about.

1) Gamma Ray Burst
This could happen at the death of a nearby star (or our sun).
First our Ozone layer would be burned off, leaving all plants and animals alike to die of Radiation.

2) Black Holes
Scientists have discovered that they(Black Holes) move around, actually wander so if one came towards us, there'd be no escape. First change would be massive tides, then colder winters and hotter summers, our atmosphere would be sucked off the earth then our planet itself devoured.

3) Intelligent Machines
I was presupposed that the "artificial intelligence" that we create in to computer systems and robotics may one day be our downfall.

4) Super Volcanic Eruption
There are at least 40 very large calderas around the world. They each on their own would send enough poisonous ash into the atmosphere to block out the sun and as it fell back to Earth the oceans would become desolate acid pools. All would starve. Yellowstone Park is one of these calderas and I've been there. The whole place is gurgling, bubbling and spewing up.

5) Asteroid
The thing here is we know that the Earth has been hit many times and asteroids are one possible explanation for the extinction of the dinosaurs. Scientists believe that on April 13, 2029 an asteroid will pass so closely that it'll actually dip below some of our satellites!

6) Self Destruction
By nuclear or biological warfare.

7) Pandemic - Plague
Some microbe or virus could come along that we can't figure out how to combat and be taken out.

8) Climate change
From Carbon Dioxide. What had been dubbed as "Global Warming" is now called climate change to reflect all the different aspects attributed to it. Yes to temperature rise, sea levels also, more large and stronger storms, less fresh water so harder to grow food or drink.

The only real good out of any of these scenarios happening is that we just might realize that we truly are "one people, one planet". But probably not still.

Love your fellow brother and sister too!

[Menehune Man]

Asteroid
The thing here is we know that the Earth has been hit many times and asteroids are one possible explanation for the extinction of the dinosaurs. Scientists believe that on April 13, 2029 an asteroid will pass so closely that it'll actually dip below some of our satellites!

Here's a link to info on the Asteroid.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/13may_2004mn4.htm

[Menehune Man]

I hope some day science will not be driven by profit and can instead work towards bringing back our balance with nature.
Gawed I'm such a hippie!

I wish so too. Hippies unite! ;)

[speedtek]

I get a headache everytime I think "where does the universe end?"

[craigwatanabe]

I get a headache everytime I think "where does the universe end?"

On Kapiolani BLVD next to McKinley Car Wash.:D

[acousticlady]

On Kapiolani BLVD next to McKinley Car Wash.:D

Gee, I thought it was Charley Young Beach!

[DKP]

double, sorry

[DKP]

It's cool how plants communicate w/one another. Example. Grow male and female plants from seed, in separate pots. Put a fan on one side, and arrange, say, 4 pots into a square. Most of the time, the plants upwind will become male...downwind, female. Pollen has the best chance of reaching it's target that way. How do they (plants themselves), know if they are up wind or downwind from one another?

Plants can also warn one another of possible danger.

Hermaphrodite plants. They can start as strictly male or female, but can sense when their environment is threatening (or possibly if there aren't others around to oof), then they grow the best of both worlds and oof-off.

Other trippish phenoms (some proven, some not...hopefully soon, if fact):

- Synchronicity

- Our sense of presence. Ex. Say I'm surfing at a break, alone. I am facing the ocean. I can't hear a thing from shore because the wind is coming from the direction of the sea. I get the feeling of human presence, turn around, and 30 feet towards shore is someone else paddling out. I haven't looked back that way for 2 hours, then right after the feeling...bam...another human...just like my senses told me. Everyone has experiences with this same underlying concept. Ususally if it happens in a room, you are simply sensing the air displacement, but in other scenarios...???

- Deja Vu

- Genetic Memory/Racial Memory

- It trips me out that Bush doesn't simply use a public speaker. Who'd lose respect for him (if you have any for him to begin with), as the ideas will be the same, just not the vocal chords. We live in a representative democracy, why can't he use a representative to talk for him? He should.

- Ancient knowledge (of many cultures) of plant/animal behavior, all gained through observation/spiritual journey/balls. Ex. My grandpa used to feed his neighborhood tiger/hammerhead sharks by hand. Never in his 80+ years of doing this have the sharks displayed aggressive behavior. He told me the key is not only to not show/feel fear, but not to exhibit what I can only describe as 'predatory vibes', whether you're on land or on sea (as they will be carried with you to the sea). Whether it is true or not, who knows, but the effect is the same, no? Never attacked. I've seen other people successful at this...I wonder if they all have 'cool' personalities, or if they're just very calm during the feedings. Gramps was probably just trying to keep me out of prison.

- Everything is pretty much made of the same lego blocks, and when disassembled, new everythings are made of the old everythings. They say I'm full of s*it and they are correct. So are you :P J/k.

[DKP]

Also, how each successive generation is much more brilliant than the one before. I think this is a combo of 'standing on the shoulders of giants' + genetic/racial memory (not proven), amongst other things.

It kind of scares me sometimes.

(Gangsta rap influenced teens x peer pressure + brilliance + motive) - (giving a f*ck x 10) = :eek: :eek: :eek: a successful Mercedes auto theft committed by a lone 10 year old...who NEVER GOT CAUGHT. True story...not a biography.