Re: Meanwhile Back at the Ranch

Col wrote:
oriel36 wrote:

'The seasons are not caused by the tilt of the Earth,the seasons are
caused by daily rotation and the orbital motion of the Earth,each
with its specifics characteristics.It takes people with common sense
to work out the details and when they do they will have little
appetite for childish affairs and nuisances who believe humans can
control global temperatures.


The seasons are caused by the tilt of the earth, but the tilt itself
doesn't change.
If there was no tilt, there would be no seasons, well except perhaps
for a slight variation due to the Earth having an elliptical rather
than a spherical orbit.

Circular orbit?
:)
Roger


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