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Candidate suggests taking 'all the boats out of the water' to lower sea levels - GMDino - 10-12-2021 https://www.rawstory.com/scott-pio-sea-level/ Quote:A Republican state legislative candidate in Virginia posed an interesting question on Twitter recently. My favorite part is he then doubled down with "science experiments". RE: Candidate suggests taking 'all the boats out of the water' to lower sea levels - Dill - 10-12-2021 (10-12-2021, 10:31 PM)GMDino Wrote: I'd have thought he was joking--until that response. RE: Candidate suggests taking 'all the boats out of the water' to lower sea levels - BmorePat87 - 10-13-2021 The surface area of the oceans is something like 225m square miles. Removing all the ships would remove about 3 cubic miles of water displacement, which would result in the water being lowered by an amount not visible to the human eye. And that amount will be replaced in 12 hours... RE: Candidate suggests taking 'all the boats out of the water' to lower sea levels - Benton - 10-13-2021 If he wants to make a difference, take out the land masses. Think how much lower the water would be with no continents. RE: Candidate suggests taking 'all the boats out of the water' to lower sea levels - BigPapaKain - 10-13-2021 Be more effective to remove all the trash from the oceans, but what do I know? RE: Candidate suggests taking 'all the boats out of the water' to lower sea levels - GMDino - 10-13-2021 (10-12-2021, 11:57 PM)Dill Wrote: I'd have thought he was joking--until that response. (10-13-2021, 11:31 AM)Benton Wrote: If he wants to make a difference, take out the land masses. Think how much lower the water would be with no continents. (10-13-2021, 11:51 AM)BigPapaKain Wrote: Be more effective to remove all the trash from the oceans, but what do I know? And since he was obviously serious, really the correct follow up question to him should "And then what?" You've eliminated all fishing, shipping and cruises. Now what do you do? The gop is not sending us their best. |