Ranting to /dev/null

Um, not gonna work

Some absolute genius is saying that if we get 600 million people to jump all at once, we can shift the Earth into a new orbital pattern. The alleged benefits are to "stop global warming, extend daytime hours and create a more homogeneous climate."

Somebody obviously wasn't a math major. Turns out he's a German artist doing some kind of experiment in mass movements. Check out World Jump Day for more such tripe.

600 million people at an average of 70 kg/person weigh quite a bit. About, 42 billion kg (4.2x10^10). The Earth weighs 140 trillion times more than that, coming in at 6x10^24 kg (6 septillion kg).

You can do the math from there. I hope.