Hi,

You dis-remember the physics, but not by much.  Ice floats with 10% of
itself above the level of water.  Therefore 10% of the volume of ice
will contribute to raising the level of water.

The thing with global warming is ... the ice that's melting is
currently resting upon land and not displacing sea at all.  So it will
contribute its entire water-volume to the rise in sea level.

B&S - who live 500' above sea level and hope the sea rise is something
less than that
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal

On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:39:34 -0400, you 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