Forget the moon! What about all that heat emanating from the stubbornly still-liquid core of Terra (vulgar name, Earth or “Rocky Primary”, is that what they’re calling it now?).
I expect there was some early benefit to having this virtual incubator handy for paleo-cave-bacteria to warm their fragile protoplasm by. It was after all the era of “Primordial Soup”, and everyone knows cold soup is just Vichyssoise! But that was long ago. Well over millions of years!
I don’t want to hijack this topic, but will instead refer everyone to my thread in the “MONDAY POINTLESS” (MPMPM) section, “Let’s Make Earth the #1 Planet”. It sparked a huge debate, maybe the greatest ever seen on this Message Board, and though it has lain fallow for a spell, I have by no means abandoned it and have much more to say on a topic that is not only urgent but also crucial at the same time!
But for now I’ll just drop this one name - ex-US Rep. Ted Yoho. (He has now retired from the House, which is good because he has more time than ever to devote to me - watch for an update and prepare for a shocking announcement, which we ignore at our peril!