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]]> By: Dr. Edward Shipwash http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1578324 Dr. Edward Shipwash Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:01:29 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1578324 This is how capitalism is going to destroy our planet. <strong></strong> This is how capitalism is going to destroy our planet.

]]> By: TerrytheTurtle http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1573573 TerrytheTurtle Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:07:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1573573 Guess not. Guess not.

]]> By: TerrytheTurtle http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1571905 TerrytheTurtle Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:48:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1571905 jg - now that's a new angle I've not heard of. Got a link to start us off? jg – now that’s a new angle I’ve not heard of. Got a link to start us off?

]]> By: jg http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1571633 jg Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:10:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1571633 <blockquote>No-one cares because the problem comes from the ice on the land that’s melting away.</blockquote> Unles the Discovery Channel likes to make shit up floating ice will also cause problems when it melts. Something about undersea magma chambers that are held in check by the pressure of so much water above them. Reduce the water and kablooey, bye bye Seattle and and just about every pacific rim city. I guess it won't matter much to the new inhabitants of Oceana North.

No-one cares because the problem comes from the ice on the land that’s melting away.

Unles the Discovery Channel likes to make shit up floating ice will also cause problems when it melts. Something about undersea magma chambers that are held in check by the pressure of so much water above them. Reduce the water and kablooey, bye bye Seattle and and just about every pacific rim city. I guess it won’t matter much to the new inhabitants of Oceana North.

]]> By: El Tonno http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1570651 El Tonno Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:31:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1570651 > Ice already in water will lower the overall water level when it melts. > Water expands when it freezes and has a larger displacement when > solid than when liquid. No-one cares because the problem comes from the ice on the land that's melting away. > The good news may be, that the Arabian Peninsula will end up under > water, then we won’t have to worry about Iraq so much. Wrong. All the Iraqis will have come to the USA ... bearing righteous anger. Muahaha! And behold a new consenus was born upon humanity and it wasn't good: http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn11049-major-climate-change-report-looks-set-to-alarm.html > Ice already in water will lower the overall water level when it melts. > Water expands when it freezes and has a larger displacement when > solid than when liquid.

No-one cares because the problem comes from the ice on the land that’s melting away.

> The good news may be, that the Arabian Peninsula will end up under
> water, then we won’t have to worry about Iraq so much.

Wrong. All the Iraqis will have come to the USA … bearing righteous anger. Muahaha!

And behold a new consenus was born upon humanity and it wasn’t good:

http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn11049-major-climate-change-report-looks-set-to-alarm.html

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1570548 Marie Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:11:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1570548 I repeat -- see Inconvenient Truth. Land ice - sea ice -- the effects on sea level of each melting will blow you away. Less ice, less reflection, more melting. We actually reduced the hole in the ozone of the past decades, this is more challenging, but it can be done if the will is there. Drilling is not the answer. I repeat — see Inconvenient Truth. Land ice – sea ice — the effects on sea level of each melting will blow you away. Less ice, less reflection, more melting.
We actually reduced the hole in the ozone of the past decades, this is more challenging, but it can be done if the will is there.
Drilling is not the answer.

]]> By: TerrytheTurtle http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1570507 TerrytheTurtle Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:03:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1570507 The real issue with the melting is that it feeds the positive loop - white ice reflects more energy, therefore less ice allows the ocean to warm up more...just one factor in the loop. The sea ice will not change the level at all - it is already fully displaced. Its the land-based sheets that are the problem. Oh and don't miss the methane-heavy Siberian tundra...oh bugger. Kevin Costner - time for a sequel, old son The real issue with the melting is that it feeds the positive loop – white ice reflects more energy, therefore less ice allows the ocean to warm up more…just one factor in the loop. The sea ice will not change the level at all – it is already fully displaced. Its the land-based sheets that are the problem. Oh and don’t miss the methane-heavy Siberian tundra…oh bugger. Kevin Costner – time for a sequel, old son

]]> By: Krazny http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1570504 Krazny Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:02:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1570504 The good news may be, that the Arabian Peninsula will end up under water, then we won't have to worry about Iraq so much. The good news may be, that the Arabian Peninsula will end up under water, then we won’t have to worry about Iraq so much.

]]> By: SortaLikeJake http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1570442 SortaLikeJake Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:52:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1570442 Well, time to rearrange my investment portfolio... Well, time to rearrange my investment portfolio…

]]> By: jg http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1570414 jg Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:49:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1570414 ' <blockquote>The artic ocean sheet if it melts will only make the sea levels rise a few meters, because the ice is already partially displaced in the water</blockquote> ' Ice already in water will lower the overall water level when it melts. Water expands when it freezes and has a larger displacement when solid than when liquid. ‘

The artic ocean sheet if it melts will only make the sea levels rise a few meters, because the ice is already partially displaced in the water

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Ice already in water will lower the overall water level when it melts. Water expands when it freezes and has a larger displacement when solid than when liquid.

]]> By: Jason M. Hendler http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1570384 Jason M. Hendler Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:45:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1570384 #33, Gregor, Excellent line, I'll put that one in my back pocket. #33, Gregor,

Excellent line, I’ll put that one in my back pocket.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1570322 Marie Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:36:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1570322 <strong>Everyone</strong> should see "Inconvenient Truth" it very clearly explains global warming with facts and charts, and photographs. Everyone should see “Inconvenient Truth” it very clearly explains global warming with facts and charts, and photographs.

]]> By: TerrytheTurtle http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1570053 TerrytheTurtle Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:54:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1570053 Urban heat islands anyone? Oh my mistake - those pictures clearly include Reykjavik and Fairbanks - that must be the cause. "dependence on foreign oil" - all oil is foreign - that's what globally fungible means.. The system is called the 'free market' - perhaps you've heard of it. Urban heat islands anyone? Oh my mistake – those pictures clearly include Reykjavik and Fairbanks – that must be the cause.

“dependence on foreign oil” – all oil is foreign – that’s what globally fungible means.. The system is called the ‘free market’ – perhaps you’ve heard of it.

]]> By: Gregor Samsa http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1569817 Gregor Samsa Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:14:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1569817 <i>Must be God’s way of saying He wants us to drill more oil … Comment by Jason M. Hendler — January 29, 2007 @ 2:01 pm</i> It's possible. It is also possible that the flood was God's way of telling Noah to eat more fish... Must be God’s way of saying He wants us to drill more oil …
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — January 29, 2007 @ 2:01 pm

It’s possible.

It is also possible that the flood was God’s way of telling Noah to eat more fish…

]]> By: El Tonno http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1569808 El Tonno Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:12:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1569808 > Must be God’s way of saying He wants us to drill more oil … I do rather think that it's His way of saying I'm going to drill you all a second a**hole in a few moments. You dig? > Must be God’s way of saying He wants us to drill more oil …

I do rather think that it’s His way of saying I’m going to drill you all a second a**hole in a few moments. You dig?

]]> By: Jason M. Hendler http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1569760 Jason M. Hendler Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:01:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1569760 Must be God's way of saying He wants us to drill more oil ... Must be God’s way of saying He wants us to drill more oil …

]]> By: ace http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/comment-page-1/#comment-1569692 ace Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:45:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/29/arctic-drilling/#comment-1569692 A new land rush - full of Ambulance Chasers A new land rush – full of Ambulance Chasers

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