What REALLY makes the world go 'round?

[skygazer]

Poll question: What REALLY makes the world go 'round?

[david_vincent]

1. Cosmic sloth

It's too lazy to try anything new.

[Magrittes Pipe]

2. Inertia

[johnnie]

A big hand

Spinning it.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Centripetal force/ centrifugal force?

[redqueen]

6. Can anyone explain that yet?

I thought it was only centripetal... and that centrifugal was a mistake or something.

[tridim]

8. And why did it settle on a fixed speed

and why doesn't it slow down due to friction from billions of years of space junk? I think the reasons are beyond our current understanding.

[moof]

10. it is slowing down

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/moon_mechanics_0303018.html

A billion years ago, the Moon was much closer to Earth than it will be tonight. Its tighter orbit meant it needed just 20 days to go around us, to make a lunar month. Other things were noticeably different, too. A day on Earth back then was only 18 hours long. People were probably wishing, "If only I had 24 hours in a day…"

Okay, there were no people then, but the critters of the time eventually got their wish. In the intervening eons, the Moon has been drifting away. Each year, it moves about 1.6 inches (4 centimeters) farther into space.
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Perhaps "I think the reasons are beyond our current understanding."
should read
"I think the reasons are beyond my current understanding."
although the use of the "think " does help a bit.

[BrklynLiberal]

12. Entropy

The tendency for all matter and energy in the universe to evolve toward a state of inert uniformity.

Inevitable and steady deterioration of a system or society

[terrya]

4. Kander and Ebb said it was money.

So, if you can't believe two legendary Broadway composers, then who can you believe? :-)

[Richardo]

9. Someone here to see you, terrya

"A mark a yen a buck or a pound...."

[tridim]

5. Strings

as in, the theory of.

[MrScorpio]

7. People

People Make the World Go Round The Stylistics

Written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed

Trashmen didn't get my trash today
Oh, why?
Because they want more pay
Buses on strike want a raise in fare
So they can help pollute the air
But that's what makes the world go `round
The up and down, the carousel
Changing people, they'll go around
Go underground, young man
People make the world go `round
Wall Street losin' dough on ev'ry share
They're blaming it on longer hair
Big men smokin' in their easy chairs
On a fat cigar without a care
But that's what makes the world go `round
The up and down, the carousel
Changing people, they'll go around
Go underground, young man
People make the world go `round
But that's what makes the world go `round
The up and down, the carousel
Changing people, they'll go around
Go underground, young man
People make the world go `round
People make the world go `round
People make the world go `round
People make the world go `round
FADE
People make the world go `round

[last_texas_dem]

11. Money

That's why we're in such bad shape now and it's only getting worse...