stephent
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Post by stephent on May 17, 2014 10:30:01 GMT -5
I'm still stuck on the scientists thinking of the words "removing groundwater"....what do they think is happening to it? Launched to the moon? Dumped in space? It's still in the same basic area I would hope to be used, and not transported magically across 5 states. I am only "assuming" it weighs within 99.999% of it's original weight from down about 500 feet max depths. Also assuming it's transported less then 500 miles......soooooo... "Where's the water gone?" Looks to me if anything there's more surface water (which incidentally weighs almost the same as groundwater :/ ) in use in Calif, Oregon, Washington now then in most of modern history due to rerouting rivers and irrigation. And since the law of gravity is still in effect... not having been repealed yet... I would assume (again there's that word) that minus runoff, and evaporation some might become groundwater eventually. Growing populations have either depleted a lot of reserve LOCAL groundwater levels...or poisoned it for normal use..But it's STILL around. I'm thinking those scientists should weight sea water and see if the 2"-3" or so of increased water levels around the west coast might have a slightly more noticeable effect. Let alone the known habit of most of the western sea coast tying to go visit Alaska. Or is it just trying to reunite as Pangaea?
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2014 11:23:30 GMT -5
Actually in Cali we do transport the water all over the place. But still within 500 miles. Mostly. stephent you are spot on with the common sense angle on this issue. Man is NOT changing geologic processes nor is he more powerful than the sun.
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stephent
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Post by stephent on May 17, 2014 11:56:42 GMT -5
I have no doubt we are changing most of the processes of this earth...but in a minuscule insignificant way. Local changes are hardly accountable in a global scope. With the sun providing about 1kw of energy per square meter...our energy production and usage pales in comparison. Solar/wind power production was hailed as the way of the future...but has fallen prey to the "NOT in MY backyard!" or in eagle/bird/groundhog/desert tortoise/chipmunk/worm/slug pathways. If there was far less money and fame to be made with the *issue* of global warming...it wouldn't even make the back page of the newspapers or show up on the talking head shows. And if it's not on the media..neither will politicians gather. Water usage/disposal should be common sense....but alas...it too becomes just another hog at the trough of $$ and fame. But in our currant society there's way too much money to be spent on asinine frivolous studies like "Why do mountains rise and fall a few centimeters a decade?" ...all with taxpayer $$. And mostly by highly educated folks who believe mountains never rose before man walked on earth...or sprinkled his lawns. And fully knowing that the average temperature of this old ball of rocks has been several degrees warmer then our average temps lately...they have independently and collectively come to the conclusion that "The earth is warming...the earth is warming!!..it's gotta all be our fault since *WE* are the center of the universe."
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2014 12:00:36 GMT -5
Yeah, It takes an ego the size of Jupiter to believe the tings they tell us.
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Post by Rockoonz on May 18, 2014 0:36:44 GMT -5
Isn't Jupiter a giant gas bag? Seems appropriate.
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