NC Considers Making Sea Level Rise Illegal

2012-06-01 Thread Maureen
And next they are going to make it illegal for the sky to be blue. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/2012/05/30/nc-makes-sea-level-rise-illegal/ “These rates shall only be determined using historical data, and these data shall be limited to the time period following the year 1900.

Re: NC Considers Making Sea Level Rise Illegal

2012-06-01 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Someone needs to tell these guys about King Canute and the tides. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnut_the_Great#Ruler_of_the_waves When I was with one contracting firm, another of their government contracts was to map the increase in the mean sea level along the east coast over the next 50 years.

Re: NC Considers Making Sea Level Rise Illegal

2012-06-01 Thread Sam
Well, since the sea level is only expected to rise 7 inches in the next 100 years I can see why they would make a law to prevent bogus science from being used. . On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote: And next they are going to make it illegal for the sky to be

Re: NC Considers Making Sea Level Rise Illegal

2012-06-01 Thread Judah McAuley
Reminds me of proposals to declare Pi being equal to 3. Just so darn convenient, why would we want to let science get in the way? Judah On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:58 AM, Maureen mamamaur...@gmail.com wrote: And next they are going to make it illegal for the sky to be blue.