earthloaf

Glory Schneider

The story of Earth has been told many times. In today's story, Earth is a clump of rocks, sutured together by gravity. Elements rain down from space where they're trapped. Land is recycled through a process called Tectonic Subduction that mimics industrial, 19th century, machines of mass production. This podcast offers a fresh story of Earth, with exciting evidence to explain continental positions, why the poles shift, convection in the mantle, and more. If you ever thought Tectonics was a mess or obsessed over Google Earth, subscribe and discover the remarkable truth about Earth.

Episodes

  1. The Fight against Global Warming begins at Plate Tectonics

    10/31/2022

    The Fight against Global Warming begins at Plate Tectonics

    The fight against global warming is just beginning. Success will require that the people reclaim the narrative of Earth. Plate Tectonics is the foundation for structural geology, which is primarily funded by the oil and gas industry. Plate Tectonics and fossil fuels are complementary 19th Century technology of the Industrial Revolution. Plate Tectonics and industrial, conveyor belt assembly machines are clunky, human and unlike the grace of nature. The tectonic system has never forecasted an Earthquake, but it predicts oil constantly. There are cleaner forms of energy to harness from Earth’s interior, but until Plate Tectonics is reevaluated and replaced, fossil fuels will continue to dominate. All students of geology and geophysics must assume Plate Tectonics are valid and calculate all future data throughout their careers on the model of Plate Tectonics. As a result, few in the field think outside the tectonic box. If the tectonic model is a misinterpretation, it explains why in 60 years, geoscience hasn’t advanced in a way that allows for reliable or deterministic forecasting of events. Despite attempts by other scientists to introduce life based theories such as growing Earth or Gaia- the hypothesis that Earth is a self regulating organism- they’ve been dismissed, or worse ridiculed by their peers. This is a disaster for climate change. If all Earth scientists are trained to look at Earth as an industrial machine, Earth will continue to be treated like one.

    5 min

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The story of Earth has been told many times. In today's story, Earth is a clump of rocks, sutured together by gravity. Elements rain down from space where they're trapped. Land is recycled through a process called Tectonic Subduction that mimics industrial, 19th century, machines of mass production. This podcast offers a fresh story of Earth, with exciting evidence to explain continental positions, why the poles shift, convection in the mantle, and more. If you ever thought Tectonics was a mess or obsessed over Google Earth, subscribe and discover the remarkable truth about Earth.