7/2017
As I sit here contemplating my glass of iced tea, I thought of something. It came to mind that the globing-warming crowd has been predicting that the oceans are gonna rise and coastal communities are gonna go swimming. But, something is not right in this argument.
Now, I am not a physicist, but I decided to try an experiment. I filled my glass full of water and poured it into a graduated beaker (if you haven’t been to science class for a while, that is what scientists call a measuring cup). The glass held 12 0z of water. Then I filled it with ice and water and measured. It held 12 oz of ice and water. I then let the ice water warm to room temperature, i.e. I let the ice melt. Shazam, there was less than 12 oz of water after the ice melted.
OK, so I didn’t really do this experiment but it can be confirmed easily even if you don’t trust the internet for correct answers. See, water expands when it freezes as opposed to other substances that shrink when they freeze.
So, the global-warmed melted ice in the oceans will lower the oceans, not raise them.
But what about the land ice melt runoff? Huh, Uncle Dave?
Just maybe, the runoff will bring the shrunken coastline back to where it was thereby preserving the exorbitantly inflated coastal property values?
But, what if the windmill huggers are right?
To prevent global warming, as the story goes, wind farms will save the planet because it will decrease the dependence on fossil fuels. Most can see the use of wind-generated energy (actually the energy is not generated at all, it is just converted from one form to another) to reduce the dependence on fossil-fuel-generated energy, but it takes a real visionary to see the use of wind sails for personal and commercial transportation, for moving products across this great nation and for powering all those energy consuming devices still miles from any generator. Enter the law of unintended consequences and friction.
As we increase the Earth’s resistance to rotation, that is what all those windmill blades do, the velocity (speed) of the earth’s rotation may eventually slow down. As the rotation slows, the time allowed for the sun’s rays to contact the earth will increase, increasing the core temperature and causing the ice to thaw. Hence, the oceans will rise. Exactly what the wind farms were touted to prevent.
I prefer to think it in terms of the rotisserie chicken on a July 4th BBQ. If the rotisserie turns at the proper speed, you get nice juicy run off and moist perfect chicken. But, if it turns too slow, or not at all, you get dry burnt crap on one side and near raw chicken on the other.
Just what the global-warmers are offering us, half ass’ed chicken crap.
Just some more random thoughts from your grumpy Uncle/Brother Dave.
Weary.