Re: Earth The Giant Pump

From: Mr Clarke (ashley_at_UNBOGUSa-clarke.demon.co.uk)
Date: 12/17/04

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    <chrisvillar@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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    > I am terribly sorry to burst your bubble. Your logic is flawed. It is
    > true that gravity is apparently stronger at the poles.

       Appararently stronger, yes, but maybe weaker (as a force) in theory
    because there is more mass of the earth at the equator, therefore
    generating more gravity there!
       Centrifugal force of the earths spin may run in opposition (as another
    force) causing an illusion of less gravity.

    > All this results in is a reduction is sea level at the poles. You can't
    run a
    > pipe from the poles to the equator and generate flow. If you put the
    > openning at both ends in the water just below sea level, nothing will
    > happen. The water pressure at sea level at the poles and at the
    > equator is essentially zero. Zero pressure differential equals zero
    > flow.

       Atmospheric pressure and density remains constant in proportion to the
    rest of the mass of the earth (as observed from space).

    > A thought experiment to confirm this is to ask:
    >
    > If water wants to naturally flow from the poles to the equator with no
    > energy input, why doesn't it already? There are already open channels
    > for the free flow of water from the poles to the equator, the oceans.
    > The Earth is already at equilibrium. The net flow from the poles to
    > the equator is zero in the open system of the oceans. Enclosing the
    > water in a pipe doesn't accomplish anything that will make the water
    > start to flow.

       The forces acting on all the materials at set densities over the surface
    of this planet are at a natural equilibrium, but it should be possible to
    devise an unnatural channel which utilises the centrifugal force of spin!
       (Maybe not with water but with something else)?

    >
    > Chris
    >

       Let us expand a little more on our thoughts.

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