To: SampleMan
Not really. The mass of the oceans is trivial to the thickness of the Earth. With the Marianas trench and Mount Everest, the surface of the Earth is smoother than a brand-new cue ball.
63 posted on
06/16/2014 3:04:49 PM PDT by
dangus
To: dangus
Buckminster Fuller compared it to the thickness of the
ink on a 16” globe of the earth.
Glad I had a chance to hear him.
64 posted on
06/16/2014 3:08:30 PM PDT by
tet68
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To: dangus
I’m not sure you could even call it “water” at that depth
and pressure.
66 posted on
06/16/2014 3:13:27 PM PDT by
tet68
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To: dangus
I just did the math, and sure enough, its a much smaller factor than I at first assumed.
That said, I am now going to blame the Himalayas the next time I miss a straight in.
68 posted on
06/16/2014 3:22:11 PM PDT by
SampleMan
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