Seden, I did a physics honours degree. Yes there is centrifugal momentum at the earth's poles and yes I agree there will be centrifugal forces at work on both the crust and the ice. In general I have no problem at all with any of Einstein's theories, after all, most of them have been proven correct time and time again. What you have posted from Einstein is spot on.
I'm not sure of the relevance of it though? Maybe I have missed something, maybe I have missed a crazy post from someone I have on ignore. There's a reason I have people on ignore. So far you have escaped though, Seden, good on you :-)
Who is Hanrahan?
There is a difference between a journalist and a climate scientist, H. People who report on the peer reviewed science and people who carry out the peer reviewed science.
May I also remind you that in the last literature survey, 97-98% of active climate scientists agreed with the theory of anthropogenic global warming. Which is much higher than the public at large, people like you and me.
Anyone can report the accepted science. They can be a student, a blogger, a politician, a biologist (e.g. Tim Flannery) or even Alan Jones - except he chooses not to. Its when people with no relevant qualifications start espousing crazy theories that do not have the backing of the scientific community, or shooting down accepted theories, that you have to start to worry. Alan Jones is a case in point.
Andrew Freedman is a journalist reporting on scientific research. Plus he has a Masters in Climate and Society, so I say he is well qualified (maybe over-qualified?) to be writing what he is writing. You really do have a strange view of how reality should work, H.
