-Caveat Lector- But June, doesn't freezing expand the volume about 10% causing water pipes to burst if frozen and a glass container will break if the water inside freezes? It could be from air trapped inside the ice and would evaporate upon melting not adding to the problem with rising ocean levels as it would be dispensed into the atmosphere anyway. But I was just wondering about this in view of the other kinds of freezing I have recently experienced with extreme weather. Today it is 60+ degrees again. Go figure. Amelia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ynr Chyldz Wyld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [CTRL] Global warming claims 'based on false data'?? > -Caveat Lector- > > From: "Johannes Schmidt III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >If the ice caps are melting (and it's a big 'IF'), big deal. > >90% of the ice is below sea level. If ice is below sea level > >and melts, there is no net increase in the water level. > >Predictions of the seas rising dramatically are bunk. > > Faulty science (not to mention logic) there.... > > While it is true that 90 percent of an iceberg is below water, it is also true that the percentage of what is > above and the percentage of what is below the surface of the water it floats on matters not a whit... > > Because ice displaces 100 percent of its volume in water. Try it with an icecube in a glass of water...the > moment you add the icecube, the level of the water rises in the glass. When the icecube melts, the water > level doesn't change; it doesn't matter if 90 percent of the icecube was below water, or 80 percent or 70 > percent...because 100 percent of the icecube displaced an equal amount of water. > > But only a portion of the polar icecaps are comprised of free-floating icebergs; a good portion of the ice is > on land, and it is when THAT ice melts, that one has to worry about rising sea levels. > > Also, you don't take into consideration what the effect of changing vast amounts of solid, frozen H2O into a > liquid, and ultimately gaseous, state would have upon the global weather system.... > > > June > > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
