[BC] Hold on a second ...

[Cowboy]

On Wednesday 28 December 2005 04:57 pm, Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>It's true! The days ARE getting longer! Nice explanation at
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second . The old "no free lunch" or
>"conservation of energy" or "you can't create or destroy energy" seems to
>be responsible. The tides move a lot of water around. Some of that energy
>is captured in tidal power plants. The rest of it is converted to heat.
>Where does that energy come from? Rotation of the earth and orbit of the
>moon. What happens if you take energy from the rotation of the earth? It
>slows down, making the days longer. Though it is not mentioned on the
>wikipedia page, I'd expect the orbit of the moon to also slow down (longer
>months?). How long until it's too slow to stay in orbit?

 OMG !!!

 If we explore alternative energy sources, and reduce our dependence
 on foreign oil, the moon will fall out of the sky, the earth will stop,
 and The End is Nigh !

 Thank you for pointing this out.
 I was *almost* sucked in, thinking I actually wanted better gas milage !

 <rethinking all this hacking I've been doing to my truck computer.....>

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