[geocentrism] Re: CAM and CoE
- From: "Gary L. Shelton" <GaryLShelton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 21:40:10 -0500
> Gary L. Shelton wrote:
> > Mike, I have one question on the topic you and Dr. Jones have been
> > discussing. If you agree that the earth is losing energy to
> > dissipation to space (if I have understood rightly), would the
> > eventual loss of energy finally at some time result in a loss of AM?
> > I mean, we're talking billions of years of earth history here. Isn't
> > AM a manifestation of energy?
>
> No. Imagine you're floating is space, if you twist something you can't
> help twisting yourself in the opposite direction so that the total AM of
> you and thing you twisted is the same as it was before you twisted it.
> You both then have have kinetic energy where you didn't before, but your
> total AM hasn't changed. If you are in friction with the thing you
> twisted then eventually you and the object will no longer be spinning
> relative to each other, all the kinetic energy will be disapated as
> heat. The total AM will not have changed throughout. If you think it
> would have changed, which direction do you think it would have changed in?
>
> Regards,
> Mike
Gary 10/16: Mike, I guess I understand what you're talking about with the
Angular Momentum being conserved between two bodies well enough. For every
action there's an equal and opposite reaction, I suppose. With the two
things involved it is a closed kind of deal.
I think my question centers around the fact that I'm not imagining a second
body in my question. I'm thinking about the predictable amount of energy
loss from the earth due to friction with aether (if such can be agreed
upon), or friction with the sun's gravity, the moon's attraction, solar
wind, the drag of man-made satellites, rocket launches, or a number of other
things I probably am unaware of that could affect the earth's rotational
speed. I am thinking that such effects would be outside of any "closed"
system between the earth and any other specific body. And some of them have
no doubt been continuing for billions of years. Wouldn't this loss of
energy due to friction cause a proportionate loss in AM?
I hope that makes sense.
Gary
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