On Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:03:17 -0700 (PDT), oriel36
wrote, in part:

Comparisons between the rotational orientation of Uranus and Earth
clearly demonstrate that this fixed inclination does not generate the
seasons but only alters the way the seasons are experienced in the
respective hemispheres either side of the Equator while at the Equator
no seasonal differences occur for either planet,at least in the barest
seasonal terms of daylight/darkness.

Yes, you are correct there. If the Earth just stood still, instead of
orbiting the Sun, we wouldn't have seasons.

But if the axis was strictly perpendicular to the Ecliptic, the seasons
would be expressed as a perpetual springtime, or no seasons at all, so
the orientation does help.

John Savard
http://www.quadibloc.com/index.html