Hey, I was just trying to give your gullible, hapless, global warming warrior neighbor some kind of rational excuse for her irrational belief system. ; )
I find it interesting that even in what would appear to be a fairly straight forward mathematical endeavor... combining data from known historical reference points from around the world to establish the rate at which the oceans are rising or falling... that there are still ways to fudge the data to make outlandish claims.
One would assume that Al Gore and associates claims that the oceans are rising at an accelerated rate and will soon be swallowing Florida and New York City would be so easy to refute that they would not even try to make them. But of course people who believe that a carburetor patent purchased by oil company could have increased the fuel efficiency of old cars and trucks by six to nine times will believe what they want to regardless of the actual evidence.
The seas most likely have risen a foot or two in the approximately six hundred years since St. Augustine Florida was founded. The amount is apparently less than the daily variation from high to low tide. What is not supported by the evidence is whether or not the activities of mankind had anything to do with it or that rate of rise has accelerated greatly in the last 50 years.
:) yep, no worries.
...and you would think it would be fairly straight forward, until you consider all the variables - including *when* you measure. I could imagine earthquakes around the world causing harmonic spikes in specific places, or even the cyclic position of the moon, combinations of all things. It’s amazing how dynamic the Earth environment is. You’d only be able to measure over a very long period of time.
Which makes it a perfect vehicle for left-wing policies; make an assertion, fudge some data, declare the science to be finished while knowing it’s difficult to prove otherwise. It’s astonishing that the predictions can only be bad and that all of the socialist/communist ideas are the only solutions!! /S
When I fly, I’m often amazed at just how massive this planet is, just looking at the atmosphere and oceans. If I randomly look out the window, I almost always see absolutely nothing in terms of human presence. Most of the land is not populated. Even in cities, you can see at any given moment how empty most of the roads are. Yet these people really believe we’re on the brink of destroying it all.