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Default Scary Halloween story....

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:48:52 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:

The scariest story told this Halloween - the most terrifying words
screeched - came from the master of environmental horror himself, our
favorite environmental collapse gasbag himself Al "Bloody" Gore.

Get it - Bloody? Gore? Halloween?

Er...anyway....

"If the North Pole were to melt it could increase sea levels by 67
metres, Gore said, speaking in the heart of an oil-rich region not known
for its regard for the environment."

http://business.maktoob.com/20090000389134/

Gore_beats_climate_change_drum_in_Dubai/Article.htm

220 feet? Damn - that's up 20 meters from his last "projection".

Hasn't he ever heard of displacement? Hello - ice floats? The Arctic is
a ocean? Hello - anybody home?


There's a difference between ice shelves and ice sheets. Ice shelves
float, and their melting would have a negligible impact on sea levels.
However, ice sheets, such as those that cover Greenland and Antarctica,
if they were to *totally* melt, would raise sea-levels @80 meters,
according to USGS.

http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs2-00/


Heh - even better...he's still addicted to the global warming/fierce
hurricane scenario - which oddly, is becoming subject to real science
nad exposed as the bull**** it is.

http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/~maue/tropical/