Re: Future generations could face sea levels 20 metres higher

2012-03-21 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
Light IN a vacuum? That seems wasteful. It's not like I want to see the dust bunnies get treated like a trailer park resident in Kansas. The less illumination in my vacuum the better. That's my motto. Well, that and "Yum, cheese". On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Maureen wrote: > > Metre is

Re: Future generations could face sea levels 20 metres higher

2012-03-21 Thread Maureen
Metre is the British spelling of meter and is defined as the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum in 1 ⁄ 299,792,458 of a second. It converts to 3.208 feet. So 20 metres would be 64.16 feet. Hope you can swim. On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 6:14 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > so, what,

Re: Future generations could face sea levels 20 metres higher

2012-03-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > Hey, don't be calling me a lackey! > > As for metres, they ain't in the bible. I just checked. So there. Lack of > education indeed! > Dinosaurs existed 6,000 meters ago. -Cameron ... ~~

Re: Future generations could face sea levels 20 metres higher

2012-03-21 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
Hey, don't be calling me a lackey! As for metres, they ain't in the bible. I just checked. So there. Lack of education indeed! Although, doesn't that pope guy have a metred hat? On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > just under 60 feet. Jeez you americans and your lack of e

Re: Future generations could face sea levels 20 metres higher

2012-03-21 Thread Sam
hehe. Weren't the Al Gore fanboys saying currently CO2 is the highest it's ever been? I do find it comical that scientists would link CO2 levels with rising tides without actually linking them in any way. . On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > http://www.scoop.co.nz/s

Re: Future generations could face sea levels 20 metres higher

2012-03-21 Thread Larry C. Lyons
just under 60 feet. Jeez you americans and your lack of education. On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > so, what, is 20 metres lik an inch? > > or is that some made up term, like "smidgeon"? > > can't trust anyone that makes up words. > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 8:59 AM

Re: Future generations could face sea levels 20 metres higher

2012-03-21 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Ray Champagne wrote: > This could help the ailing housing market. People will be buying inland > properties as much as possible, with the promise to someday have beachfront > acreage! > > Just trying to look at the positive. > Except those areas would need to b

Re: Future generations could face sea levels 20 metres higher

2012-03-21 Thread GMoney
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Ray Champagne wrote: > > This could help the ailing housing market. People will be buying inland > properties as much as possible, with the promise to someday have beachfront > acreage! > > Just trying to look at the positive. > This sounds familiar...? Yeah,

Re: Future generations could face sea levels 20 metres higher

2012-03-21 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
You're saying I could be President? Sweet! Not sure I want to go camping with David though. Is that optional? On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson >wrote: > > > so, what, is 20 metres lik an inch? > > > > or is that

Re: Future generations could face sea levels 20 metres higher

2012-03-21 Thread Cameron Childress
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > so, what, is 20 metres lik an inch? > > or is that some made up term, like "smidgeon"? > > can't trust anyone that makes up words. > I think it's what is generally called a "Bushism". -Cameron ... ~~

Re: Future generations could face sea levels 20 metres higher

2012-03-21 Thread Ray Champagne
This could help the ailing housing market. People will be buying inland properties as much as possible, with the promise to someday have beachfront acreage! Just trying to look at the positive. On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > > http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC120

Re: Future generations could face sea levels 20 metres higher

2012-03-21 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
so, what, is 20 metres lik an inch? or is that some made up term, like "smidgeon"? can't trust anyone that makes up words. On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > > http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1203/S00042/future-generations-could-face-sea-levels-20-metres-higher.htm

Future generations could face sea levels 20 metres higher

2012-03-21 Thread Cameron Childress
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1203/S00042/future-generations-could-face-sea-levels-20-metres-higher.htm "Even if we manage to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommends, future generations could face sea levels 12 to 22 metres highe