…but take your time; there’s no rush. The IPCC’s own Third Assessment Report estimated that the global sea level is rising at a rate of 1.0 to 2.4 millimetres – one-tenth to one twenty-fifth of an inch per year. There is some regional variability; in the south of China, for example, the sea rises about a tenth of an inch per year, while in northern China it rises at a rate of approximately one-fiftieth of an inch per year.
United States President Barack Obama, speaking at the U.N., sees the grave danger…
“Rising sea levels threaten every coastline…On shrinking islands, families are already being forced to flee their homes…”
…and raises taxes:
“And yet, we can reverse it…we’re making our government’s largest ever investment in renewable energy– an investment aimed at doubling the generating capacity from wind and other renewable resources in three years. Across America, entrepreneurs are constructing wind turbines and solar panels and batteries for hybrid cars with the help of loan guarantees and tax credits — projects that are creating new jobs and new industries. We’re investing billions to cut energy waste in our homes, buildings, and appliances — helping American families save money on energy bills in the process. We’ve proposed the very first national policy aimed at both increasing fuel economy and reducing greenhouse gas pollution for all new cars and trucks — a standard that will also save consumers money and our nation oil. We’re moving forward with our nation’s first offshore wind energy projects. We’re investing billions to capture carbon pollution…”
Yes, there are two kinds of people in this world: those who stand idly by, and those who understand that we simply must act now.
Saaq,
I wasn’t talking about AGW or bagpipes. I was talking about how water appeared on planet earth.
You seemed so sure of your theory that I want to know where this confidence comes from.
I am only going by the ‘theory’ put forward by the brightest scientific minds work in that area of science. You seem to have something these people are unaware of.
I ask again … Where did you get your scientific knowledge and training? I do want o believe you, but I need some of that pesky stuff known as evidence.
Speaking of evidence Momar I assume you have incontrovertible proof that comets of yore brought the water to earth. Please provide it along with your credentials in this field. Your audience awaits.
New Orleans and Shanghai are but two cities built on muck that have been sinking for a very long time, surely this must be caused by Glo-Bull Warming too.
In my opinion, the water on earth
came from hydrogen and oxygen.
So what yer sayin’ then Vitruvius is that if you took a large amount of Hydrogen and a large amount of Oxygen and added a hot enough spark you would get a large amount of Water?
You must not be one of “the brightest scientific minds work in that area of science”.
What I’m saying, Joe, is what I said: no more, no less.
Seems like Obama is forgeting Scandinavia. I did a calculation for a new nuclear power plant there and we found that we would have to allow for the plant RISING about a meter ABOVE the existing water line over the expected life of the plant.
Turns out this effect is a result of the ending of the last ice age. Without the ice overburden, the crust is bobbing up again out of the semi-fluid mantle beneath.
Too bad for the Dutch because they are sinking as the mantle oozes out from under them.
I think the effect is called “geoisotosity” or somesuch.
So the sea near northern China rises at a lesser rate than the sea near southern China. That’s an easy one. Somebody done moved the moon 12 feet to the left (probably the russkies).
Ok, wise guys. Now put it back!
The bagpipe anology (one of my favourites) obviously was too subtle for momar….
Many factors cause the earth’s oceans to bulge or sag—-making anything other that large changes in sealevel difficult to quantify—-as futile as climate modeling. Identifying an ice-age or interglacial is fairly simple—-Identifying changes of mean temperature of single digits are futile.
this was a shock for the original panama canal builders. has Al Gore put sea density into his calculations.
http://www.pol.ac.uk/psmsl/puscience/#3
and now a palindrome
amanaplanacanalpanama
From what I read it all came from billions of years of comet bombardment.
Joe, you ignoramus,
You don’t actually read the words on a comment do you?
The above was what I wrote. I did not claim to have any specific knowledge of my own on this subject beyond what I have read from reputable scientific sites. Other people’s theory’s and research.
I was making suggestions about how things work and we got our water, followed by a request for opinions from people smarter than me. You are certainly not one of them, so how about please shut up unless and until you have something intelligent to say on the subject.
Meanwhile, google ‘where did water come from’ and read. I know you have trouble reading, but give it a go …. make your pointer follow the words and move your lips while reading. Then try to understand what a string of words is trying to tell you. Several sentences make a paragraph and somewhere in there is a message … try to find that message.
water water everywhere and not a drop to drink.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090928.html
now imagine a planet with excess oxygen and higher gravity.
Momar I know what the message is. I also recognize the mythology behind the message. You, it would seem, either are unaware of the mythology or else you consciously choose to go along with the it. I don’t.