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(Steven Shelikoff) wrote in message ...
On 22 Jan 2004 09:36:12 -0800, (basskisser) wrote:

(Steven Shelikoff) wrote in message
Your statement that a very small percentage of wind is a product of the
sun's heat is wrong. I can see this is going to become another oil and
trailer thread. lol

No, it's not. You are stupid. The thing is this, you'll make your own
definition of what a "very small percentage" is, and that will be your
whole basis of argument. The simple fact is, and will always be, that
the sun's heat is a MINOR contributer to the earth's wind. MINOR,
twit, understand?

How about if we define "very small percentage" and MINOR as less than
half? Now, where's your proof that the sun's heat is a minor
contributor of a very small percentage of the surface wind that a
sailboat would use? Where's your proof that even all the wind on the
planet, surface or otherwise, is not the result of the sun's heat? I've
given you plenty of proof that it is. You have given none that it's
not.

Sure thing, here you go. Time to put your spin on it, to TRY to make
it look like you know anything at all. My "proof" is just as valid as
yours.

Why don't you tell us what YOU meant my "a very small percentage" and
then show some proof that whatever you defined as "a very small
percentage" of wind is the result of the sun's heat.

Well, give some proof, any proof of what you said.

Steve

I pasted a bunch of websites refuting you, but alas, they didn't get
transfered for some reason, but here is a quick paste of text taken
from one of them:
As the Earth rotates on its axis, gravity forces this relatively
"heavy" air near the Earth's surface to spin round with it. However,
the air higher up is less affected. The difference between the speed
at which air moves close to the surface and the speed of air higher up
forms vortexes or whirlpools. This mixing causes variations in air
speed, and, consequently, "wind" is generated at the earth's surface