Roll on the 20th June

[g4macdad]

Gratzi!

I'll admit it's been a couple of days since I checked.....and supposedly we have only a couple more days to find out.

Thick skin will serve you well.

As to the melting ice (apropos today, since I was just listening to an NPR report on how the polar ice is shrinking as a habitat for Polar Bears and Walruses)..........

There are a couple of points I'd like to make.

The cubic measurement of the sea (if rising) has to have even more area as the land that it encroaches upon is that much more recessed than the land that is its present barrier and so should allow more water to be needed for each foot of rise as the area that is now underwater has to be that much wider to be able to cover that much more shore line. (IMHO)

There is a LOT of ice above sea level, but even more below (insert debate about water density in solid vs. liquid form here. It's a tricky one as water is different than just about any other element in this way).

The really scary thing about the ice @ the poles melting is that it probably won't re-freeze (unless temperatures all over the globe take a significant dip [-10 degrees]).
It (polar ice) is pure un-salinated water that has a much higher freezing point than salt water, and once it melts and mixes with sea water it will never freeze at such a high temp again.

Supposedly, the polar caps were formed when the earths seas were much purer and had less of the salt content from leaching  the land during the cloud/rain/stream/river/sea/evaporation cycle, and were able to form at a much higher temperature than would be possible now.

Another theory is that they were formed from eons of polar storm activity that never melted.

Either way, it's still not a good prognosis for the next 50 years.

It's an important topic. Keep bringing it up in all sorts of places.

P.S. If the neos are up for grabs, I'd like to submit my humble self for consideration of donation.

McCain has already solved this people! DUH We need to drill for more!  Man he is a genius! Haven't you even been watching Bill O'reilly? JEEZ

--->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSE_saVX_2A<--- 

[purepower]

McCain has already solved this people! DUH We need to drill for more!  Man he is a genius! Haven't you even been watching Bill O'reilly? JEEZ

--->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSE_saVX_2A<--- 

Ya, vote for Obama cuz he's not for domestic drilling! Oh, wait, ya he is... Tard...

Power to the sheeple!

-PurePower

[g4macdad]

Ya, vote for Obama cuz he's not for domestic drilling! Oh, wait, ya he is... Tard...

Power to the sheeple!

-PurePower

I just realized how much smarter than everyone else you are! Genius...

[Xaverius]

Where's Archer?

[Absolute Power]

I have been repeating this since almost my first post.
YOU PEOPLE AIN'T KIDDING NOBODY BUT YOURSELVES!

Yes, you have been repeating it over and over and over again. What a major contributor to this thread you have been. When are you going to realize that no one is interested in reading your empty comments except you?

Please knock it off or I will vote for McCain just to cancel out your vote!