All on the left will be surprised to see a rep/con say this, but dont get too excited
Global Warming is a REALITY
However, unlike the chicken-littles on the left, from all the evidence i have read, heard, and seen, it is just a natural cycle of the planet. as is intense hurricane systems
Are the Oil companies responsible for the last iceage, and the next iceage for that matter.
Did industrialization dramatically affect the planet or is it more likely that the recent increased Solar Flare Activity is responsible for the warming of the planet
now for those worried about the melting ice caps raising the sealevel and flooding coastal areas, do your self a favor and do the following experiment
1. Get a container, drinking glass or anything whatsoever, or everything
2. fill it with ice to the top
3 fill it with water after you filled it with ice
4 get back to me when the glass overflows
IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN, and as such, neither will all the dire predictions of the chicken littles, which for the most part are people who envy/resent/despise/hate America
and they sold morons on this concept as a way to cripple our economy and bring down the only Superpower left
this is a non issue if you are the least bit rational
You do understand that your statement is a total false analogy, and consequently, not the least bit rational. First, I will give you some background definitions so you understand the problem:
1. ice·cap or ice cap Audio pronunciation of "ice cap" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (skp)
n.
An extensive dome-shaped or platelike perennial cover of ice and snow that spreads out from a center and covers a large area, especially of land.
2. gla·cier Audio pronunciation of "glacier" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (glshr)
n.
A huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass, formed from compacted snow in an area where snow accumulation exceeds melting and sublimation.
By comparing the melting of ice on the planet to filling a glass with water and dropping cubes it in, and then waiting for it to melt are totally different; the analogy only works when comparing the ice in the glass to the bergs and ice flows on the sea. Of course if the bergs melt, as did the ice, nothing would overflow because of displacement.
Your analogy fails because you are obviously confusing "ice-cap/glacier" with ice bergs or water-based ice flows. This is hardly the case, since the vast majority of "ice-caps" and "glaciers" are on land, not displacing water in the sea. Much of it is locked on glaciers. There are no such things as "sea glaciers," and as already explained, "ice-caps" refer ALMOST exclusively to landbased ice flows. Ice on land does not displace volume on the ocean. What conclusions come from this? Well, since all glaciers are on land, and if they melt--yes, they will do damage via flooding once it runs off into the sea. Unlike the glass, the body of water is not simply displacing the same volume in a different state of matter. It is literally adding masses of water to it at a rate it cannot sustain. THe result is overflow, since landlocked water that can flow into the sea stands at about 20% of the global water supply. Now add 20% of that water to the ocean. OF that 20%, 80% of it consists of all of the freshwater on earth.
To reinforce what I said above about your analogy being incorrect:
An ice cap is defined as a thick permanent covering of ice and snow on land. This permanent layer extends outward in every direction. In this case, it extends from the north pole and the south pole. Ice caps were formed millions of years ago from layers of snow that were compressed together for millions of years. Between these layers, grains of snow were forced out as the bottom layers hardened into ice. Today, ice caps form over 80% of the fresh water on earth.
If the world's LANDBASED ice were to melt, the oceans would rise 6-7 metres.
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/HannaBerenblit.shtml
A better analogy is thus: take a glass on a summer day, fill it with ice, and then fill it to the top with water. Let this be the oceans with water-based ice. Then, stick it next to a giant ice cube: let this represent the global glaciers. Watch it melt. See what happens to the level of the water in the glass. It doesn't take much to melt the glaciers.