If I remember my physics;  ice displaces it's own weight in water; then it's
melting should NOT cause a rise in water level.
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From: "mordo" <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 5:45 PM
Subject: [VANAGON] Global Warming My Vanagon?

>I know this is in jest, but I think it's the other way around. Rising sea
> levels mean FEWER beaches, fewer girls in thong bikinis sunning
> themselves.
>
> Those beaches have taken millennia to become beaches. Now, the rising
> temps
> may mean we'll all be wearing thong bikinis just to stay cool but I don't
> know that that is such a good thing given our trend toward national
> obesity...
>
>
>
>> For the guys on this list, I don't think you're looking at this global
>> warming business in the right light. Melting polar ice caps mean rising
>> sea levels. Rising sea levels mean more beaches. More beaches mean more
>> girls in thong bikinis sunning themselves. What's not to like about
>> that?
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> mordo
> 1990 Carat