Ok, as we all should know, MASS AND DIAMETER ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS
. I didn't say that the mass is growing, but, rather I
implied (for the most part anyways)that the diameter is growing because the plants have been harvesting co2, nutes and water and turning them into layers of soil, which take up more space than the elements that went into the dead plant(my uneducated speculation
). I gave the example tree rings. (I know that as the dead plant matter mixes in with the soil and then after many years moves down from the top soil, it compresses and would innately lose some volume.) My point being is- there are always new layers of top soil forming from the dying vegetation(seemingly like rings/layers of a tree).
"Mass is also not generally conserved in open systems, when various forms of energy are allowed into, or out of, the system"-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_of_mass
But, after reading this clip from the latter link, I realized that maybe I should imply that we could be potentially gaining mass. Heres my argument.
As we all know, Earth is NOT a closed system! We get bombarded with energy in the form of radiation(visible light, UV, etc) all the time. So, if we use this formula E=MC^2 than we know this is a correlation between mass and energy(E=energy, M=mass and C=the constant speed of light which is equal to ~300,000,000 meters/second). Ok, since you can agree with me on this(I hope you can
) I will show you how we theoretically should be gaining mass all the time, even if its utterly diminutive. But at a constant rate, and over millions of millions of years, it might add up with enormity-if you plug in the correct numbers.
If you have taken one or two algebra classes you should realize the following. E=MC^2 or M= E/C^2 are equal. So to verbalize the second equation- mass is equal to energy divided by the constant speed off light squared.
And thusly, the more energy the earth harvests, the more mass it should gain, in theory anyways. So if you can get an accurate measurement/figure of how much energy is harvested by the Earth annually, you can than theoretically figure how much mass she has gained. Multiply this by the millions of years that the earth has been around, and there is your figure for how much added mass the suns energy has added to the earth.
I'm sure you can follow that email. Thats me using my imagination and not being afraid of being wrong
I'd be glad to hear a rebuttal on my logic. And if would be really cool if someone found out how much energy is being harvested by the earth from space radiation per year- Than we could really figure something out.
RON PAUL REVOLUTION
~PEACE~
Wikipedia, great source!
