Chest Rockwell Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 So we lose Kent but gain Antartica...not a bad deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injin Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Manbearpig?? In the UK????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chest Rockwell Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 So were Fooked.Why don't we drink it? Icebergs stink of rotting organisms...hence why sailors in the old days could smell an iceberg in the vicinity. The look out on the Titanic clamied the same thing, he must have had a cold on that particular night though. Drinking the melted ice would probably give one the sh!ts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XswampyX Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Drinking the melted ice would probably give one the sh!ts. I'll just add it to the ever growing list of things that give me the shits! What about we build 100's of inland reservoirs to hold this extra water, this will give us fresh water and electricity. The greens can't cry foul as it will help save the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowflux Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Manbearpig?? In the UK????? Oh, for ******'s sake! Just how far along the autism spectrum are you, Injin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clv101 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I don't think we need to distract ourselves with ice cubes melting in the glass - everyone knows the deal. What's interesting here that this ice has been stable for a fairly long time so it's evidence that something has changed. The issue is the degree of buttressing provided to grounded ice. The grounded ice is believed to be able to flow faster without the buttressing ice shelves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurejon Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I don't think we need to distract ourselves with ice cubes melting in the glass - everyone knows the deal.What's interesting here that this ice has been stable for a fairly long time so it's evidence that something has changed. The issue is the degree of buttressing provided to grounded ice. The grounded ice is believed to be able to flow faster without the buttressing ice shelves. What I also find very strange is that there is oil in both the artic and the antartic. How did it get there ? I was taught that oil was the product of trees and various other decomposing materials that had been crushed over millions of years. Its going to be amazing when all the ice melts and the scientists realise that laurejon was right all along. That both the North Pole and the South pole had melted many many times before. Seems to me like Climate change is very similar to Gordons no more boom to bust, its just fodder for the sheep, and the sad fact is they are biting hook line and sinker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quagmire Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Seems to me like Climate change is very similar to Gordons no more boom to bust, its just fodder for the sheep, and the sad fact is they are biting hook line and sinker. Yep. At least there haven't been any attempts to link this event to man's activities - oh apart from the op's reference to "An Inconvenient Truth", which I can only assume was sarcasm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurejon Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Well we have heard it all now. Cow Fart Tax, Carbon Tax, and guess what those clever guys at NASA have now worked out ? Climate change is slowing the earth down............................hell we are all doomed. I suspect the earth being drawn towards the Sun is yet another man made event that can be limited if we reduce the weight of the planet by having less people. Bring in the Eugenics Team please. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/t...10rotation.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeplyblue Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) What I also find very strange is that there is oil in both the artic and the antartic.How did it get there ? I was taught that oil was the product of trees and various other decomposing materials that had been crushed over millions of years. From Scientific American Plate tectonics determines the location of oil and gas reservoirs and is the best key we have to understanding why deserts and arctic areas seem to hold the largest hydrocarbon reserves on earth.[...] The same plate tectonics that provides the locations and conditions for anoxic burial is also responsible for the geologic paths that these sedimentary basins subsequently take. Continental drift, subduction and collision with other continents provide the movement from swamps, river deltas and mild climates--where most organics are deposited--to the poles and deserts, where they have ended up today by coincidence. In fact, the Libyan Sahara Desert contains unmistakable glacial scars and Antarctica has extensive coal deposits--and very likely abundant oil and gas--that establish that their plates were once at the other ends of the earth. Plate tectonics is also responsible for creating the "pressure cooker" that slowly matures the organics into oil and gas. This process usually takes millions of years, giving the oil and gas deposits plenty of time to migrate around the globe on the back of plate movements. Because these hydrocarbons are much more buoyant than water, they eventually force their way to the surface. Alternatively, rifting, collisions between land masses, and other tectonic forces can free the mature oil and gas from deep within sedimentary basins and then trap these organic fluids in reservoirs before they escape to the earth's surface. We know these reservoirs as oil and gas fields. I'm sure that somewhere on the internet there must be a animation showing the continental drift involved, and how the various supercontinents (Pangaea etc) were formed and broke up, but I don't know exactly where to find them. db Edited April 6, 2009 by deeplyblue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOP Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Well we have heard it all now. Cow Fart Tax, Carbon Tax, and guess what those clever guys at NASA have now worked out ?Climate change is slowing the earth down............................hell we are all doomed. I suspect the earth being drawn towards the Sun is yet another man made event that can be limited if we reduce the weight of the planet by having less people. Bring in the Eugenics Team please. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/t...10rotation.html Yes! We need to reduce the weight on the earth, starting with the fat-arsed useless eaters who have nothing of value to contribute to society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelston Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 More people will be under water with their mortgage's . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injin Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Oh, for ******'s sake! Just how far along the autism spectrum are you, Injin? Just for you - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazuya Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 So will house prices go up in London due to this? I'm sure many people will advertise their house with a swimming pool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Yes! We need to reduce the weight on the earth, starting with the fat-arsed useless eaters who have nothing of value to contribute to society. DEAR GOD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurejon Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 She looks happy and so she should be, she can now be put out to graze on a much cheaper basis as Agricultural land is getting cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOP Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Just for you - Half man, half bear and half pig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowflux Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Just for you - You quote South Park straight off as some sort of indication that what you say has anything to do with reality? Satire is deeper then you think. Join the real world, Injin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeplyblue Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Yes! We need to reduce the weight on the earth, starting with the fat-arsed useless eaters who have nothing of value to contribute to society. Which MPs did you have in mind? Or were you thinking of their families? Me, I'd for some comedians - oh, sorry, repeating myself. db Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogbrush Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Here we go again, time for the Corporal Joneses to start running around the place panicing. By the way, if it's broken off then then the debate is already over; it's displaced the water and sea levels have already assimilated the full impact. I do not have my water wings on, I think we may pull through this one boys. Still waiting for Islands to disappear... By the way, anyone found that tropical hot spot in the upper atmosphere yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jister1 Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Great news for supply and demand within the central areas. Hose prices should inflate accordingly. The further inland the more exspensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogbrush Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Great news for supply and demand within the central areas. Hose prices should inflate accordingly. The further inland the more exspensive Superb news. My house was built so long ago that it was before the whole fun concept of building on flood plains had ever been thought of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youthoftoday Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 You are correct, but the issue here is whether the Ice is floating or on land. Do bear in mind Antartica is a continent and not just a sea ice cap, so most of the ice (several km) is on land. Correct. Do bear in mind though that the 99% of the ice which is on land is not in fact melting. Currently it's increasing. Doesn't stop AGW though since all the polar bears have disappeared from Antarctica. What more evidence do you need? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youthoftoday Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) What I also find very strange is that there is oil in both the artic and the antartic.How did it get there ? I was taught that oil was the product of trees and various other decomposing materials that had been crushed over millions of years. Its going to be amazing when all the ice melts and the scientists realise that laurejon was right all along. That both the North Pole and the South pole had melted many many times before. Seems to me like Climate change is very similar to Gordons no more boom to bust, its just fodder for the sheep, and the sad fact is they are biting hook line and sinker. If you want to know what's under the Antarctic ice sheet then read H P Lovecraft. Terrifying. Shoggoths anyone? Edited April 6, 2009 by youthoftoday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Privateer Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 If you want to know what's under the Antarctic ice sheet then read H P Lovecraft. Terrifying.Shoggoths anyone? You keep your penguin-squashing monstrosities to yerself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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