What about the ice that is on land?

Tom B.-surf's up?

On Mar 16, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Kenneth Lewis wrote:

> 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.
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> mordo
>> 1990 Carat