Re: Do you care if the ice caps melt?

Mr4701, 1/23/2008,11:38:51 PM, wrote:

I know some people take it quite serious. The truth is that if
Greenland were to melt along with the ice caps, that the oceans would
rise 19 to 24 feet (depending on which Scientist you believe). All
Scientist agree that the oceans would rise.

Here's an idea:

Let's say the water level begins to rise due to global warming.
Coastal cities will begin to experience floods and we will lose
habitable land back to the sea. Of course this would have a very
negative effect on waterside properties.

One way to reduce the rise in water levels albeit not dramatically
would be to expand oil drilling all over the world. By pumping up
whatever oil we could find we would be emptying huge cavities of space
within the Earth itself. This would allow much of the water in the
oceans to fill these voids and lower the water tables of the surface.
Since the planet already has these pockets of liquid we wouldn't be
making much of a dent to the crust by replacing one form of liquid for
another.

This plan would extend mankind's existence several hundred more years
and essentially put the environmentalists and Al Gore out of business.
It would also virtually eliminate our dependence upon Middle East oil.

--
"If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide."
~ Mahatma Gandhi
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