what about the beaming technology? or was that just for shifting tectonic plates?

[edit] ah bugger, this was meant for PB

Hello.

I'm a planetary scientist. I know quite a bit about orbital cycles, tidal forces, geology and volcanology.

I have to admit that some of the facts that you present in that blog are plain wrong, or I would say they are unless you can provide references.

However, some of what you say is very interesting, scientifically sound and I've never heard before. I would be interested if you could provide some cross referenced data of things like eclipse/perigee times and earthquakes or point me in the direction of some.

I'm afraid I'm not going to find and buy a book, I'd prefer to look at data.

It's not "Just plain Newton's laws." Tidal stresses are not what causes volcanoes or earthquakes. They will have some effect, but not directly. That and the fact that the variation in tidal force is max about 15%, and that's when everything is lined up, which is basically never.

Seems like an oversimplified version of reality, really.

And I know it's not rocket science, it's far more complicated than that.