Sea level rising - oh well, never mind

[srebbe64]

Apparently sea levels are set to rise by about one foot by the end of this century, and they rose about half that amount in the last century. Call me a politically incorrect, short-sighted, anti-environmentalist, but my attitude is "so what". Even the scientists are saying "we'll have to learn to adapt". I'm sure that there are far more pressing problems to deal with in the world.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4651876.stm

[staceyb]

Well I have no plans to have any children and the sea levels will probably not affect me in my life time so what do I have to worry about.

[F.M]

The people in the American administration being one..

[lord summerisle]

"There is now a consensus among climate scientists that rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are the major factor behind rising temperatures."

is there? and do they all agree on the source?

[paulie-mafia]

Hell, it's all the fault of motorists anyway. Forget about heavy industry, airline travel, rapidly developing nations like China etc. Sod it and charge us more money to drive our cars, then the sea level will fall again. Apparently.

[srebbe64]

staceyb said:

Well I have no plans to have any children and the sea levels will probably not affect me in my life time so what do I have to worry about.

Well I've got four kids, and I expect they'll have kids, and I'm still not bothered. I mean, in the last century was the six inch rise in sea level a problem? Personally, a couple of world wars, the cold war, disease and starvation, fundamentalist terrorism - these were bigger problems than the rise in sea level. As such, I'll be amazed if the same isn't true at the end of this century.

[CommanderJameson]

srebbe64 said:

Apparently sea levels are set to rise by about one foot by the end of this century, and they rose about half that amount in the last century. Call me a politically incorrect, short-sighted, anti-environmentalist, but my attitude is "so what". Even the scientists are saying "we'll have to learn to adapt". I'm sure that there are far more pressing problems to deal with in the world. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4651876.stm

All depends if you live in a low-lying area or not.

Like, for example, London. (I was going to say Norfolk, but that really doesn't have the same emotional impact...)

[Yugguy]

I couldn't care less.

All the whinging ungrateful bastards in the South East will be drowned and we'll have vineyards up North.

Result.

[mybrainhurts]

srebbe64 said:

Apparently sea levels are set to rise by about one foot by the end of this century, and they rose about half that amount in the last century....

In 1841, a sea level mark was made on a rock in Tasmania.

In 2004, sea level was at the same mark.

Funny, that.....

[WWESTY]

mybrainhurts said:

srebbe64 said: Apparently sea levels are set to rise by about one foot by the end of this century, and they rose about half that amount in the last century.... In 1841, a sea level mark was made on a rock in Tasmania. In 2004, sea level was at the same mark. Funny, that.....

Tide in, or out...........

[pdV6]

CommanderJameson said:

All depends if you live in a low-lying area or not. Like, for example, London.

I'm pretty sure that somewhere like London may have the wherewithall to build a 1 ft high wall over the course of the next 94 years, if necessary.

[tinman0]

bbc article said:

The IPCC's Third Assessment Report, published in 2001, projected that the global average sea level would rise by between 9 and 88cm between 1990 and 2100.

i like this bit actually. hmm, 9cm to 88cm you say

[dick dastardly]

On the bright side we'll all live a bit closer to the sea side.

[Toolbox]

Dont worry about it.

The rising atmospheric gas levels will globally increase atmospheric pressure
and compress the sea down to its normal level.

We will all be a foot shorter though, so wont be able to go as far out into the sea.

[slikk]

WWESTY said:

mybrainhurts said: srebbe64 said: Apparently sea levels are set to rise by about one foot by the end of this century, and they rose about half that amount in the last century.... In 1841, a sea level mark was made on a rock in Tasmania. In 2004, sea level was at the same mark. Funny, that..... Tide in, or out...........

[tweety voice]Out tide of course, you really would have a problem if you could measure sea level in tide your house[/tweety voice]

[Jay GTI]

I suppose it will mean I don't have to travel quite so far to go windsurfing... other than that I'm also in the not bothered camp.

[Mr Whippy]

So what if C02 is the major cause, it's not like WE create it all.

And after all that, oooo, a whole foot?

Bloomin heck, thats gonna cause some big problems for our advanced civilisation...

In 100 years global warming will be a fad, realised to be natural, we'll have alleviated our effects on it to such a degree we find better things to scare the public about, like "the war on terror 2" and asteroids from space.

Dave

[moreymach]

Id rather it didnt rise any further.



My office is on the ground floor of the white building at the left of the pic.

[CommanderJameson]

pdV6 said:

CommanderJameson said: All depends if you live in a low-lying area or not. Like, for example, London. I'm pretty sure that somewhere like London may have the wherewithall to build a 1 ft high wall over the course of the next 94 years, if necessary.

Sea level rises and tidal variations are not necessarily proportional. A 1 foot rise in sea levels may mean a tidal variation of much more than that.

[RichardD]

I think there really is a lack of seriousness in this topic. This saddens me.

I'd like to get to the heart of the matter and ask peoples opinions on something important to many PH'ers.

If you take the engine out, will TVR's float?