Re: "...that to transfer the ocean water to the vapor that became snow and then ice it would be"

In our last episode,
<a5facbda-b3d7-4528-92e0-f68d03fd0f6e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, the
lovely and talented Tacia broadcast on alt.usage.english:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

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So he theorized that to transfer the ocean water to the vapor that
became snow and then ice it would be necessary to raise the melting
point to five times greater than the mass of the ice.
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(This sentence was quoted on another forum. Not sure of the source of
this quotation. The poster didn't specify it.)

Does this sentence make sense?

It does not make mathematical or scientific sense. The last part suggests
raising a melting point to five times a mass. This is a comparison between
a temperature and a mass, which is nonsense.

Is it correct?

It is more or less grammatic. But, as I have said, it is nonsense.

If yes, is it of good style?

Some hold that clarity is the nearest thing we have to single standard of
style. It is clearly nonsense to me.

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Obama: No hope, no change, more of the same. Yes, he can, but no, he won't.
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