Originally posted by NashBama:
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OK nash, let's change your experiment a little, you have a funnel that holds a gallon of water if you close the outlet. Balance this funnel in a quart jar, fill it with ice, let the ice melt. NOW WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
My calculations say you have a quart of water in the jar, and more than a half gallon of water all over the table, and on the carpet under the table.
the OCEANS DO HAVE ICE FLOATING ON THEM. and Sir, Greenland and Antartica, and Iceland, and the Alps, and Mt Killamanjaro, and The Andes and the Rocky Mountains, ALL HAVE ICE FLOATING ON THEM TOO. In fact, the North Polar Ice Cap could melt entirely without raising sea level my much. BECAUSE THAT ICE IS FLOATING IN THE OCEAN. BUT GREENLAND'S ICECAP HAS MORE ICE AND WATER IN IT THAT THE POLAR ICE CAP. That ice is NOT IN THE OCEAN, IT IS IN THE FUNNEL.
That doesn't make any sense. How is that a comparason to the Earth? The oceans are like a glass of water with ice floating in it, not a gallon funnel and a pint jar.
By the way, I went to the beach for New Year's. The week prior, the weather was predicted to be rainy and stormy for most of time I would be there. It rained once, late Saturday night. The rest of the time it was very pleasant. If science can't predict the weather a week in advance, how can they predict it a decade or more in advance?
