GLOBAL WARMING AND THE SHIFTING CENTER OF SOLAR MASS – Playing the game of Crack the Whip.

Statement: The burning of fossil fuels that produce CO2 in the atmosphere is not the primary threat to the environment and not the reason for dramatic global warming. The pollution resulting from the production of these fuels and the processing thereof into dangerous chemicals is the great threat. Global warming is a natural occurrence. The horrendous aftermath of mountain top destruction for coal removal, destroyed water tables, crude oil remnants and byproducts of fossil fuels in pristine streams and oceans, poisonous chemicals ending up in our bodies, and the threat of nuclear waste contamination, are the great man-made threats to humanity and planet earth.

              A basic weakness of argument for man-made global warming assumes that the sun is relatively stable and unchanging in its physical characteristics. This belief suggests that man-made changes dominate natural changes.

              It has been assumed that extra cloudiness, water vapor, extreme weather, and all things connected to global warming are the direct result of human activity. Recent research suggests that accelerated cloudiness on earth is caused by reduced radiation from the sun (Professor Henrik Svensmark, The Chilling Stars). A weaker or less active sun (less sunspots) equals more clouds or vapor, producing a cooling effect and leading to a cooler instead of a warmer earth.

              Unrealistic computer modeling built upon assumptions and accepted without experiment and verification is unreliable. For almost a century, unrealistic scientific modeling has been misleading in presenting scientific “facts” based upon assumptions instead of experiment and verification, i.e., the big bang and black hole theories (hypothesis at best) which are totally unproven. Nikola Tesla expressed it in a rational way: “Today’s scientists have substituted mathematics for experiment, and they wander off through equation after equation, and eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality.”

              Yes, gas-guzzling SUVs affect global warming but to a very insignificant degree. The cycles of the sun, the plasma through which it travels, and the earth’s role and involvement in planetary orbital characteristics are the prime movers of temperature change on earth. The known wild-cards in this relatively stable situation are comets and asteroids and their ability to affect both earth and cosmic change. Linking dramatic, cosmic changes to a minute, earthly machine that produces relatively small amounts of CO2 engenders the invalid and unverifiable acceptance-without-experiment philosophy.

              In my childhood days in school we often played a game called crack-the-whip. This was before the days of luxurious gymnasiums and we cherished a morning and afternoon recess when we scattered about an outside playground to vent youthful energy. In this game, eight or ten of us lined up, locked hands and arms, and one end of the line began to run as fast as possible in a circle. The anchor point (center of imaginary circle) and the person closest to the center was the heaviest and strongest possible, and as the line also moved around the center point of the anchor man, the person at the end of the line (a naïve recruit if possible) was in for a surprise. The centrifugal force pulling outward could lift the end person off their feet and toss them through the air when they lost their grip.

              Although much more complicated, this is essentially the “game” our sun (center point) plays with the planets. In the solar game of crack the whip, we are dealing with nine planets dispersed around the sun but not in alignment. So, we may visualize the sun playing the game of crack the whip, holding onto all the planets while moving around its own center of mass.

              All the combined mass of the planets pulling outward, and trying to escape the “grasp” of the sun, must be counteracted by the gravity of the sun. This causes the sun to oscillate within its own small orbit in counteracting this mass. Compare the sun’s role to the Hammer Throw Olympic game. The thrower must counteract the force of the circling heavy ball while remaining inside a small circle. The sun performs the same little dance inside its own circle of solar mass center. Now disperse the planets (the children) in their individual orbits around the sun. Each of them has specific mass, orbit the sun at varying velocities and distances, and each affects a different force on the sun. Over millions of years of evolution, they have learned to play the game. This is why the outer planets, being of much greater mass (except Pluto), dominate the center of mass (the hammer thrower’s small circle) around the sun.

              So the outer planets – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune – dictate the amount of stress placed upon the sun, and as it oscillates around this center of mass, it’s pulled in different directions by different forces, depending upon the planets position in their orbit. A bunching up of planets on one side of the sun would cause uncommon reaction from the sun and manifest in ways affecting earth changes. More sunspot activity caused by the imbalance of planetary forces creates more radiation, less cloud cover, and drier weather conditions – and eventually global warming.

              If the planets were dispersed in their orbits in a balance of mass around the sun, then the sun would have equal mass (the total of the planets) pulling from all sides, resulting in a sun less physically stressed. Less sunspot activity results in less radiation, more cloud cover, thus wetter and colder weather – global cooling.

              At this time the sun exhibits very little unusual sunspot activity. The last time this happened was during the Little Ice Age (the Maunder Minimum) from 1645 to 1715; so the present, low sunspot activity appears to portend a cooling rather than a warming period. Do not be disillusioned by those preaching global warming caused by CO2 levels in our atmosphere.

              Life is not so simple on the cosmic playground where the sun replaces the strong boys in our little game. All the planets except Pluto are dedicated to a common orbital plane as they circle the sun in the cosmic game. Because of orbital complexities, all the planets will never line up perfectly on one side of the sun, but several do congregate at times on one side. Do not confuse the alignment of our sun and earth with the galactic center and the alignment of the planets on one side of the sun. These are two separate scenarios.

              The last time we experienced a planetary alignment of any significance was in April and May of 2002. And there will be only three             

other chances in the next 100 years to see planets so tightly grouped on one side of the sun – in 2040, 2060, and 2100. So, contrary to what may be stated by those predicting a 2012 doomsday, there will be no grand alignment of the planets in 2012. AND, the gathering of several planets on one side of the sun has no direct effect on the earth’s weather. However, planets bunching on one side of the sun may have played a role in solar activity in 2002 which, in turn, DID influence weather on earth. The planets are now dispersed from their 2002 positions and occupy a more balanced, solar situation, thus causing a more “calming” effect upon the sun. It is wise at this time to relegate CO2 levels in earth’s atmosphere back to a lower position of priority and concentrate our attention on the future of the sun – the master of our fate. Always has been; always will be.

              This scenario is the driver of earth changes rather than a minute amount of CO2 produced by an insignificant Homo sapiens living on earth.

              Because of their relative position to each other and the sun, the nine orbiting bodies are constantly changing the forces exerted upon the anchor point – the sun and its center of mass. Thus, a condition could exist where periodic, planetary turbulence will disturb and generate changes in the energy output from the sun. Unplanned, and certainly unwanted, are the “wild cards” – a comet swarm or a large asteroid, which could be of  significant magnitude to drastically alter the balance of our solar system and cause great suffering for humanity.  

              Global warming and cooling are not easy subjects to explain or understand as many pertinent forces are at work in the solar system and galaxy. “CO2 is not a pollutant and is not a poison - - - our exhaled breath contains about 4% of CO2. That is 40,000 parts per million or about 100 times the atmospheric concentration.”  The amount of CO2 constitutes only .04% of greenhouse gases in earth’s atmosphere, and it is rather foolish to believe that this comparatively small amount of a much needed element (acts as fertilizer for plants) is causing global warming. The remainder, over 99%, includes nitrogen, oxygen, and water vapor. A doubling of CO2 levels is expected after 2050. That’s still less than 1% of total greenhouse gases. The sun provides most of earth’s energy and it’s absolutely amazing that many scientists believe such a small amount of CO2, and not the sun, is the driver of global warming.

              The recent discovery of 32 new planets brings a total of over 400 discovered outside our solar system. In astronomy terms, a Variable Star is one that changes in brightness. This change in light output has been attributed to pulsations, eruptions, eclipses, and rotation. To these explanations for Variable Star light output, I would definitely add another, perhaps the most important: Stars vary in their light intensity because of planetary activity in their systems. A Star’s changing light intensity can be attributed to changing electromagnetic forces generated by the interaction between a particular star and its orbiting planets. The laws of solar and galactic mechanics demand obedience of all stars to these laws. If this is true, then all Variable Stars may host planets.

              We do not live in a balanced solar system, and I’m glad. It can never be balanced because of the differing orbital characteristics. I believe that gravitational balance does diminish solar activity, thus causing less stress and energy output by the sun, consequently less radiation directed toward earth, thus a catalyst for a permanent ice age. The reason we have a dynamic earth with changing physical conditions is that we do have a dynamic and changing solar system. The very fact that the planets have variability, and to a degree, unpredictability, explains why the sun is energetically (electrically) charged to handle the physical demands of being the strong man at the center of a great cosmic game.

              The Maya Classic Period collapsed during the cold Dark Ages in Europe (600CE – 950CE). Unstable weather conditions characteristic of cold cycles probably caused the droughts in Central America that promoted the decline of Maya culture. We are about 10,000 years into a period that portends new ice ages, peaking perhaps 90,000 years from now. This is part of a Milankovitch Cycle relative to the elliptical characteristic of earth’s orbit around the sun. Many celestial events and circumstances also affect global weather which is dauntingly complex and subject to change with the slightest stimulus – IF we have no ‘wild card” interrupting what may apprehensively be termed “normal.”  A new cold cycle such as that which embellished, if not caused the Dark Ages and the Little Ice Age (1550-1850), could begin at any time. We still occupy a current warming period that began about 1850 as the Little Ice Age was phasing out, but global warming could abruptly end regardless of how much CO2 man has produced. I consider the year 2012 the beginning of another Great Year of the Mayan calendar, but with reservation and not without life-changing incidents and turmoil. My concern is the climactic termination of the present global turbulence necessary for the beginning of a new calendar period, a new Age of Aquarius lasting to about the year 4172, and the celestial events involved in this termination.

              When you observe the magnitude of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, and realize that all stars are created and destroyed in the wispiness of other galaxies, then you realize the natural turmoil and chaos of the universe. There are certainly much greater forces at work other than CO2 levels that contribute to global warming, and the earth is not a calm, balanced, and safe place on which to live. We are fortunate, arriving at a time conducive to requirements for survival as a species. There are certainly other reasons for our existence but that is another story. All we can do at the present time is scatter about the playground and enjoy the game.

              Oh, and don’t forget the wildcards: comets and asteroids; and do we dare mention the Mayan prophecy that notes the “Red Star and seven mountains?” Is the “Red Star” a large comet, an asteroid accompanied by a swarm of smaller bodies, or Planet X with its entourage of seven satellites? 

Alan Cornette – November, 2009

Copyright Alan Cornette 2009