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Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet
From: Rob McEwen <rob () invaluement com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2018 14:28:02 -0400
On 7/23/2018 2:03 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:
Actually, the graphic that is at the top of that link does support his claims.
I was thinking that too - but it could ALSO have something to do with the fact that literally hundreds of millions of Indians and Chinese citizens joined the 1st world economy - and started doing things like driving cars - in recent decades. That could be a larger factor than their particular political/economic systems.
ALSO: The BEST arguments on this thread for why we should worry about flooding or rising water levels - came from arguments that the actual continents are shifting in ways that cause certain coasts to rise or sink - regardless of the actual overall ocean depth. I don't know much about that - but I do know that (1) THAT particular situation has NOTHING to do with CO2 levels or emissions. (2) the parts of this conversation that does have to do with CO2 levels is specifically based on the theory that (a) high CO2 levels cause warming, which then (b) causes the icecaps to melt, which then causes (c) the sea levels to rise at an accelerated pace (beyond what it did when the overall CO2 levels were lower), as a direct result of increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.
but (c) is junk science - since it is NOT happening - the acceleration of sea levels rising beyond an average of 3.5mm/year is almost non-existent - therefore discussions of CO2 levels and emissions unnecessarily politicizes this discussion.
Or, at least, the people who are complaining about how this doesn't belong on NANOG (which is a reasonable assessment) - and who complain about "climate deniers" - shouldn't be able to shut down certain factual and logical arguments (that rock their world) - yet not have a problem with continued discussion about CO2 levels and emissions. (that would be hypocritical and unscientific)
-- Rob McEwen
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- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet, (continued)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Mark Tinka (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Randy Bush (Jul 24)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Rob McEwen (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Nick Hilliard (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Rich Kulawiec (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet William Herrin (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Matt Harris (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Nick Hilliard (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Sander Steffann (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Owen DeLong (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Rob McEwen (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Grzegorz Janoszka (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Bob Evans (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet William Herrin (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet A. Pishdadi (Jul 24)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Matt Harris (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Dorn Hetzel (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Bryan Holloway (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet John Sage (Jul 23)
- Re: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet valdis . kletnieks (Jul 23)
- RE: Rising sea levels are going to mess with the internet Marc Sachs (Jul 24)