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To: Taikun who wrote (59432)	1/25/2005 10:53:52 PM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

>>...telling a hedge fund manager that you have a formula that can predict, with say 90% accuracy,..., you will generate a tremendous amount of interest. If the same database runs data on climate change ,...., it generates not much more than a yawn.<< Yeah. No greed factor involved.

To: Taikun who wrote (59432)	1/26/2005 2:29:27 PM
From: Gib Bogle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

"The increase in ocean level from melting glaciers and ice caps is slowly accelerating the process by adding water mass to the daily tides. The added instability causes earthquakes and volcanic action, ultimately bringing more heat and carbon dioxide to the troposphere and contributing along with solar radiation to the cycle of glacial melting." Let's assume, to be charitable, that the fluctuation in water elevation caused by the tides does have some effect on the tectonic plates (in my opinion this fluctuation is so small as to probably be insignificant). The above paragraph quoted from the web site you posted wants us to believe that this effect is being accelerated by the "increase in ocean level", creating "added instability" which "causes earthquakes and volcanic action". So how much increase in ocean level has occurred in the last 50 years? And what fraction is this of the average depth of the oceans? And does this create the kind of fluctuating pressure that we're being asked to believe affects the tectonic plates? This is bullshit piled on bullshit. Hope this helps Gib