If you remove a few letters from “earthquakes” and the “-” from the “e”, you’re left with “quacks”
(Environment360) Geological disasters might influence climate, for instance when volcanic debris blots out the sun. But climate cannot disrupt geology. Right? Well, actually no, says a British geologist Bill McGuire, in a troubling new book, Waking The Giant: How a Changing Climate Triggers Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Volcanoes.
There is, McGuire argues, growing evidence to incriminate changing climate in the planet’s most destructive geological events. Melting ice sheets and changes in sea level can, he maintains, set off the largest earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Indeed, thanks to climate change, a human hand may already be at work. Potentially, McGuire’s argument adds a whole new dimension to why we should be worried about climate change.
Except, there were no receding glaciers near the massive earthquakes in Japan and Indonesia. Nor the big ones in Mexico, Chile, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and many others. Yet again, much like with “climate change” and weather, they’re taking events and assigning causation with inference. Much like “man induced “climate change” itself.
Teach you DO realize that heat is energy and that adding energy might certainly have effects, don’t you?
The Gnat driving the Buffalo.
Yes, heat is energy. Congratulations, now define “entropy”.
How much surface deflection per megaton of ice load? Reaching what depth in the crust?
And, finally, what is the average depth of an actual fault slippage?
OMG WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE BECAUSE I TURNED ON THE CEILING FAN INSTEAD OF USING MY OWN HAND TO MOVE THE AIR AROUND ME WHILE I SLEEP AT NIGHT CAUSING MORE ENERGY TO BE CREATED BY THE NEARBY COAL-BURNING ELECTRICAL GENERATION PLANT THUS LEADING TO MASSIVE GEOLOGICAL UPHEAVALS ACROSS THE GLOBE KILLING BILLIONS OF PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!1!!11!!!!!
once again, show me how what is happening would not be happening ordinarily.
Also John, our system is not a closed system. Heat comes in. Heat can leave.
John, you do realize that the temperature rises 1 degree F for every 70 feet one goes down into the earth (on average away from plate boundaries), right? That’s about 570F at 5 miles down. Hotter at plate boundaries. I don’t think a measly degree or two in the atmosphere is really going to change those dynamics.
Teach, Teach, Teach. tsk tsk.
Don’t you know the age-old natural law that “When a bell rings an angel gets…”.. dang it.. no, not that one.
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“A butterfly beats its wings, and somewhere on Earth a hurricane immediately forms.”
How much farther from the truth that when you, Teach, breathe out, the CO2 causes the glaciers of earth to all melt, thus leading to sea level rise inundating the whole of the Earth, which would then pop right up like a bobber since there is no longer the weight of the ice on it, and then all returns to normal.. no.. wait.. darn it.. that doesn’t sound right.. gimme a moment …..
I sneezed this morning and all the bunnies in the backyard rose up and attacked the geese with butterfly knives.
That is what you get for having bunnies.
Well, they are pretty good at protecting the neighborhood from burglars.
AAaaahhhh.
So you too have one of the Legendary Black Beasts of Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh!!!