[palmer]

They could lower sea level a bit by flooding Death Valley.

550 square miles of death valley are below sea level, assume that it is an average of 200 feet below sea level (but it is not likely that much). The oceans are 139 million square miles so the ratio of area is over 250,000 to 1. That means the oceans would drop by <200 feet / 250,000 or less than 1/100 of an inch.

[MHGinTN]

I get such a kick out of it when you do that thing with comparative numbers. LOL

[Tenacious 1]

550 square miles of death valley are below sea level, assume that it is an average of 200 feet below sea level (but it is not likely that much). The oceans are 139 million square miles so the ratio of area is over 250,000 to 1. That means the oceans would drop by <200 feet / 250,000 or less than 1/100 of an inch.

Palmer, You didn't catch the cynism of my suggesting how we might stave off the iminent flood comming that will destroy parts of the world due to AGW and the rising seal levels?

My bad. Sorry you went through all that effort and did the math. I don't think the construction project would be feasable anyway. I'll put a tag on it next time. Have a good weekend.