“NASA says that the earth has a circumference of 24,000 miles, and that earth rotates once every 24 hours — thus surface speed at the equator is 1000 mph, faster that the speed of sound”
Um, no.
the speed of sound is 343 miles per SECOND. Not per hour.
x60, x24, sound speed is 493,920 miles per hour.
“They say that the earth rotates within a bath of gas — Nitrogen, Oxygen and a little CO2. But if there were true, winds at the equator would approach 1000 mph.”
It’s not a ‘bath’ of gas.
The atmosphere is also held in place by the gravity holding us down. Rotation does affect it, but we’re not subject to 1000mph winds.
“Winds at Seattle would be close to the speed of sound”
No. Seattle’s rotational speed is closer to 700 miles per hour. Not 343 miles per second.
“Nothing could exist on earth with constant winds over 500 miles per hour.”
Nope. But your premise is off by a factor of 144.
“ Yet many of us have been near the equator, on the ocean, and it can be flat calm. Mariners experience the “doldrums,” no wind at all for weeks on end.
Yes. Because the atmosphere largely rotates at the same speed as the planet that’s holding it.
“The “earth” does not reach up and grab the atmosphere as if it were attached.”
Feel free to disprove gravity.
And when you’re on a plane at 30,000 feet away from the Earth, and drop a peanut, it falls. Because Earth’s gravity reaches that far.
“Footballs don’t grab the atmosphere and force it to spin, either.”
The mass of a football is significantly less than the planets, so is it’s gravitational attraction.
“Anyone who has observed a glassy calm body of water has seen proof that the earth is not rotating within a sea of gases”
Um, no. You’re just fucking wrong.
“Furthermore, ff the earth rotates in a constant direction at 1000 miles per hours at the equator, in only one direction, then why do winds near the equator tend to blow westerly, and winds farther north blow easterly?”
You need to ask a meteorologist and then shut up for a while.
“Recall your middle-school lessons on the Atlantic Trade Routes — from England south, from south to west, from west up the North American coast, from New England east back to old England.”
You DO know that sails can be trimmed so that they can run in a direction OTHER than strictly down-wind, right
“None of this is logical — ergo, NASA is lying about the nature of our world.”
Ookay, either YOU ARE WRONG, or everyone who knows what you’re talking about is lying. Not all that difficult an analysis, really.
“Truth — the earth does not rotate.”
We can measure the motion directly.
Laser gyros with no moving parts are AMAZING.
“ We live under a dome. The sun, moon and stars are lights that move in relation to a fixed earth.”
bible literalists are amusing but stupid.
“How do I know this is true?”
You move backwards from your conclusion to the fucking evidence.
About as scientific as Bullwinkle’s friend, the flying squirrel.