Rocks falling into oceans, not climate, causing seas to rise, congressman suggests

[Political Junky]

Is Mo Brooks really this stupid?

A rolling stone may gather no moss, but if it tumbles into the ocean, you can expect the seas to rise.

At least that's the theory embraced by Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., during a hearing held Wednesday by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on how technology can be used to address climate change.

 

[fncceo]

Where tectonic plates meet uplifting mantle continuously deposits on the sea bed... pushing the plates apart in some places, closer in others. There's a significant amount of change regularly going on on the sea floor which can't be dismissed out of hand as at least a contribution to our sea level observations.

Of course, it's hard to blame tectonic shift on a mean, old President or evil corporations, or the uneducated masses of the flyover states so I don't think it will ever be discussed in any meaningful way.

 

[gtopa1]

Evidences of the expanding Earth from space-geodetic data over solid land and sea level rise in recent two decades - ScienceDirect

Greg

 

[Wyatt earp]

Where tectonic plates meet uplifting mantle continuously deposits on the sea bed... pushing the plates apart in some places, closer in others. There's a significant amount of change regularly going on on the sea floor which can't be dismissed out of hand as at least a contribution to our sea level observations.

Of course, it's hard to blame tectonic shift on a mean, old President or evil corporations, or the uneducated masses of the flyover states so I don't think it will ever be discussed in any meaningful way.

Well that's a post I don't see every day.. thank you.

 

[fncceo]

Where tectonic plates meet uplifting mantle continuously deposits on the sea bed... pushing the plates apart in some places, closer in others. There's a significant amount of change regularly going on on the sea floor which can't be dismissed out of hand as at least a contribution to our sea level observations.

Of course, it's hard to blame tectonic shift on a mean, old President or evil corporations, or the uneducated masses of the flyover states so I don't think it will ever be discussed in any meaningful way.

Well that's a post I don't see every day.. thank you.

It's sad in a way that climate change will never be discussed in any sort of rational scientific way in a public forum. Too much at stake politically and economically to allow free-discussion to exist.

 

[midcan5]

Agnotology works, especially when it is in the interests of some. Two books for the interested reader.

'Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming' Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. M. Conway

'Agnotology, The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance'

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258785582_Agnotology_learning_from_mistakes

"The interesting thing that most lay people and even scientists don't understand is how unbiased knowledge as a whole emerges from individual scientists who are biased. It is still one of the greatest mysteries of science." Ian Mitroff

 

[Muhammed]

Is Mo Brooks really this stupid?

A rolling stone may gather no moss, but if it tumbles into the ocean, you can expect the seas to rise.

At least that's the theory embraced by Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., during a hearing held Wednesday by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on how technology can be used to address climate change.

If that's what he said, then he is correct.

Obviously, if a stone tumbles into a body of water it will displace some of that water.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Agnotology works, especially when it is in the interests of some. Two books for the interested reader.

'Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming' Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. M. Conway

'Agnotology, The Making and Unmaking of Ignorance'

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258785582_Agnotology_learning_from_mistakes

"The interesting thing that most lay people and even scientists don't understand is how unbiased knowledge as a whole emerges from individual scientists who are biased. It is still one of the greatest mysteries of science." Ian Mitroff

What does the lab work on CO2 show...oh, nevermind, that's right, you don't need lab work, you have "Consensus"

Warming = Global Warming
Cooling = Climate Change
Consensus = Moonbat

 

[mudwhistle]

Is Mo Brooks really this stupid?

A rolling stone may gather no moss, but if it tumbles into the ocean, you can expect the seas to rise.

At least that's the theory embraced by Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., during a hearing held Wednesday by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on how technology can be used to address climate change.

Dude.....your link is crap.
I'm not gonna watch a 2 hr and 30 min video to see what you're trying to show us.

 

[cnm]

Too much at stake politically and economically to allow free-discussion to exist.

Seemingly only in the US. It's hardly controversial elsewhere.

 

[cnm]

Is Mo Brooks really this stupid?

No. His livelihood depends on him pretending he is.

 

[cnm]

What does the lab work on CO2 show...oh, nevermind, that's right, you don't need lab work, you have "Consensus"

Apparently black holes don't exist as no lab work has been done on them. You keep running away from that consensus.

Run, Frank, run...

 

[Taz]

Where tectonic plates meet uplifting mantle continuously deposits on the sea bed... pushing the plates apart in some places, closer in others. There's a significant amount of change regularly going on on the sea floor which can't be dismissed out of hand as at least a contribution to our sea level observations.

Of course, it's hard to blame tectonic shift on a mean, old President or evil corporations, or the uneducated masses of the flyover states so I don't think it will ever be discussed in any meaningful way.

If you want anyone to take what you just said seriously, post a link to a serious scientific site that backs you up, because on the face of it, your statement sounds pretty dumb.

 

[skookerasbil]

It's a moot point by the congressman just like it's a moot point coming from the climate crusaders. Please with this science argument .....nobody cares about the 3 mm.

 

[Grumblenuts]

We're not supposed to sound dumb here? Who knew?!

 

[Crick]

Where tectonic plates meet uplifting mantle continuously deposits on the sea bed... pushing the plates apart in some places, closer in others. There's a significant amount of change regularly going on on the sea floor which can't be dismissed out of hand as at least a contribution to our sea level observations.

Of course, it's hard to blame tectonic shift on a mean, old President or evil corporations, or the uneducated masses of the flyover states so I don't think it will ever be discussed in any meaningful way.

If you want anyone to take what you just said seriously, post a link to a serious scientific site that backs you up, because on the face of it, your statement sounds pretty dumb.

The leading experts in sea level are the Sea Level lab at the University of Colorado. They routinely take mantle movements, uplift, subsidence and erosion into account in their calculation where appropriate. Plate tectonics and sedimentation have been determined to be negligible over the time scale of human interest.

I suggest a visit

CU Sea Level Research Group | University of Colorado

Their latest data

 

[fncceo]

Where tectonic plates meet uplifting mantle continuously deposits on the sea bed... pushing the plates apart in some places, closer in others. There's a significant amount of change regularly going on on the sea floor which can't be dismissed out of hand as at least a contribution to our sea level observations.

Of course, it's hard to blame tectonic shift on a mean, old President or evil corporations, or the uneducated masses of the flyover states so I don't think it will ever be discussed in any meaningful way.

If you want anyone to take what you just said seriously, post a link to a serious scientific site that backs you up, because on the face of it, your statement sounds pretty dumb.

The leading experts in sea level are the Sea Level lab at the University of Colorado. They routinely take mantle movements, uplift, subsidence and erosion into account in their calculation where appropriate. Plate tectonics and sedimentation have been determined to be negligible over the time scale of human interest.

I suggest a visit

CU Sea Level Research Group | University of Colorado

Their latest data

The chart contains data from satellites that measure sea circulation and currents. They provide no data on undersea tectonic activities. But, it's pretty and looks uber-scientific.

Now ... here's the part where you call me a name.

Your serve.

 

[Taz]

Where tectonic plates meet uplifting mantle continuously deposits on the sea bed... pushing the plates apart in some places, closer in others. There's a significant amount of change regularly going on on the sea floor which can't be dismissed out of hand as at least a contribution to our sea level observations.

Of course, it's hard to blame tectonic shift on a mean, old President or evil corporations, or the uneducated masses of the flyover states so I don't think it will ever be discussed in any meaningful way.

If you want anyone to take what you just said seriously, post a link to a serious scientific site that backs you up, because on the face of it, your statement sounds pretty dumb.

The leading experts in sea level are the Sea Level lab at the University of Colorado. They routinely take mantle movements, uplift, subsidence and erosion into account in their calculation where appropriate. Plate tectonics and sedimentation have been determined to be negligible over the time scale of human interest.

I suggest a visit

CU Sea Level Research Group | University of Colorado

Their latest data

The chart contains data from satellites that measure sea circulation and currents. They provide no data on undersea tectonic activities. But, it's pretty and looks uber-scientific.

Now ... here's the part where you call me a name.

Your serve.

Do you have anything to back up what YOU said? So far, it doesn't look like it.

 

[Crick]

The chart contains data from satellites that measure sea circulation and currents. They provide no data on undersea tectonic activities. But, it's pretty and looks uber-scientific.

Now ... here's the part where you call me a name.

Your serve.

How about "STUPID"

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[evenflow1969]

Is Mo Brooks really this stupid?

A rolling stone may gather no moss, but if it tumbles into the ocean, you can expect the seas to rise.

At least that's the theory embraced by Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., during a hearing held Wednesday by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on how technology can be used to address climate change.

If that's what he said, then he is correct.

Obviously, if a stone tumbles into a body of water it will displace some of that water.

The problem comes when you atart to figure the amount of volume being displace. If had been techtoniuc shift to that mgnitude, it would have been picked up by siezmagrap! Nt to mention the sunamis it wou create.