humanities.philosophy.objectivism

"Al Montestruc" wrote in message
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> On Mar 21, 1:37 am, Brian Bagnall wrote:
> Sea levels rising could be a bit inconvenient even if it is only a few
> inches a year. I have looked into this and crunched some numbers.
> Worst case making improbable assumptions, and all the ice melts, then
> sea levels go up about 250 feet, but it would take centuries to
> thousands of years for that to happen based on the amount of heat
> needed to melt all that ice, and the heat available to do it.

Which, IIRC, hasn't been since the age of dinosaurs.

>
> Even so sea levels rising say 6" a year or more would be very annoying
> to shipping/port companies and to the Dutch and other owners of low
> lying real estate.

Six inches? Per year?

How much would the earth temps have to rise to produce that much SL??

During the last 100 years and 1F rise, the change is measured in
millimeters. Per century, I believe.