On 12/01/2013 5:16 PM, Rick Moen wrote:
Quoting Andrew McGlashan (andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au):
On 12/01/2013 4:29 PM, Craig Sanders wrote:
the following relevant excerpt from the Bad Astronomy blog may help you understand:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/01/02/perihelion_earth_is_clos...
I've read that post before, and many similar, nothing changes for me. Did you read that I didn't want to debate this matter?
Apologies, that exact reference is not something that I have read before. In any case, my "line" about being as close to the sun the other day as we will be in the whole year... well, it was basically a throw away line, in jest. I'm sure it didn't come across that way. I actually believe that the Earth's temperature is more related to sun or solar activity, rather than distance. When there is a high incidence of solar activity, the temperature is higher to those parts of the Earth that are subjected to such solar activity. Thank you for your efforts, but I am still not convinced -- the above link doesn't correlate with my views one way or another, nor do I dispute any of the claims made therein, but they are not actually relevant to my position in reality. Kind Regards AndrewM