Re: If the Earth's Rotation is Slowing, etc. - We've Got Problems!

In Article <[email protected]> D. Jarvinen
wrote:
> After reading a few posts on the subject, the
> consensus seems to be that the earth's rotation
> is slowing by about a second (or a little
> more) per day. This number seems to vary over
> the years but there is agreement on the
> slowing trend. However... the rate of slowing
> must eventually itself slow or we will find
> ourselves at a dead stop soon (heh, pun
> partially intended).

In Article <[email protected]> Robert Ehrlich wrote:
> the major factor the lunar retreat is dissipation
> of energy caused by marione tides.  Most this this
> dissipation is localized in shallow zones or baffles
> like the North Sea and the Bering Straits.  Most of
> the time sea level is maybe 100m higher than today
> in that most of time we don't have so much water
> stored in glacial ice.  With higher sea levels
> tidal friction is minimized.  So maybe global
> warming and the attendant melting of the ice might
> have an effect on the earth/moon system!

I've heard this theory that Earth's fatter waist (man-made lakes or
whatever) makes it turn more slowly, but at other times it returns
to a faster rotation (!?!).  Where is Newton in all of this,
as WHY would it return to a faster rotation after having slowed.  
Per Newton motion just continues unless another force intervenes, etc.  
I'm not actually asking the question, just stating how silly this
argument is when made by those who also state that Newton "laws" rule,
etc.  The Zetas have a different explanation for why we need not fear 
a PERMANENTLY stopped rotation, as after the coming passage of Planet X
the Earth returns to rotating, being driven by the motion in the Earth's 
core.

    Rotation of a planet is dependent on many factors,
    only one of which is the initial motion attained
    coming out of a big bang. Take the instance of your
    Earth, during the passage of her brother, [Planet X]
    Rotation slows and then stops, for days, and then
    after passage resumes to the same pace as before.
    This is because of the other factors involved in
    rotation, which remain in place in your Solar System
    and have their grip on the Earth.

    Rotation is due to a mobility difference between the
    core of a planet and the surface, and for lack of a
    better analogy we relate this to a dog chasing its
    tail. The core of the Earth is liquid, and mobile,
    and has a mind of its own. As the Earth moves in its
    orbit around the Sun, the relationship of the core
    of the Earth to surrounding influences changes. A
    child standing on a merry-go-round and wishing to
    face his mother must himself turn a complete circle
    in order to do this. In like manner, the heavy core
    of the Earth moves to face or escape magnetically
    related forces in the Universe about your Solar
    System, dragging the surface with it. The core is
    not homogeneous everywhere and thus parts of it are
    strongly attracted or repulsed to this part or that
    of the Universe about it, so motion in the core is
    constant. No sooner does a part of the core move
    to the far side of its liquid tomb, then it finds
    itself presented with its old problem again, and
    sets into motion once again.

    Now as the Earth takes 365 days to orbit the Sun,
    and rotation happens once a day, it would seem at
    first glance that the merry-go-round analogy is
    incorrect. How could rotation started because of
    the Earth's orbit, a yearly affair, turn into a daily
    rotation? Motion is not a controlled matter, as
    anyone riding a bike without brakes is painfully
    aware. In the liquid core of the Earth, there is
    little to stop motion, once started, save the
    desire of parts of the core to approach or escape
    magnetic influences in the Universe. Rotation
    starts because of these external influences, and
    thus is always in the same direction. The rate of
    rotation is due to the liquidity of the core, as
    the brakes are never applied. Thus, the parts of
    the core that are moving away from an influence
    soon find that they have created their problem
    again, as the motion of the Earth has placed these
    parts back where they did not want to be! Round
    and round, like a dog chasing its tail.
        ZetaTalk™, Rotation
            (http://www.zetatalk.com/science/s45.htm)