Antarctic ice sheet rapidly collapsing, may be unstoppable (radical, solutions, school)

[KUchief25]

Originally Posted by pknopp

Serious.....we all need to save our ice cubes and donate it to the Antarctic. Quit being wasteful and throwing them in the trash after you finish your Big Mac.

Our lives are at stake here. Is a few ice cubes a day really too much to ask? If this is all overblown are you really going to miss a little ice? Surely we all can agree to sacrifice here a little.

I've been twitching for a big mac. Haven't had one for a couple years. I know it sucks but damn I loved those things.

I have some ice trays in the garage too. I'll load em up and dump ice on the ground to cool the old girl.

[No_Recess]

Originally Posted by sanspeur

That is not the only problem that has developed in Antarctica, but we can do nothing but watch. Active Volcano Discovered Beneath Antarctica 'Will Melt and Destabilise Ice Sheet' if it Erupts

Plan B: Subsidize the volcano if it promises not to erupt.

[Grsz11]

Originally Posted by petch751

Liberals are so damn dramatic lol

You mean like the "America is ruined because of immigration, health care, taxes" ad infinitum that you cons wallow in daily.

[emcee squared]

Originally Posted by bluesjuke

Really?

A simple-minded cartoon.

How helpful.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by emcee squared

A simple-minded cartoon.

How helpful.

It actually happened. That's why it's funny.

[arjay57]

I don't get the vehemence over dealing with factors in the natural world.

Nobody says this is an instant crisis -- the article clearly states it will take between 200 and 900 years for the ice to disintegrate. If it's 900, we've obviously got time for a smoke.

However, if it's closer to 200, we ought to be thinking about how to respond. Remember, Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge are 80 years old and the interstate highway system is already about 60. Infrastructure is a long term project that takes long term vision.

With a little luck I fully expect my little grandbabies to see the year 2100 and beyond. What's wrong with planning for the future?

[armourereric]

Looks like we will have to mobilize troops, occupy China and enforce EPA emission regulations or we will all die.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by arjay57

I don't get the vehemence over dealing with factors in the natural world.

Nobody says this is an instant crisis -- the article clearly states it will take between 200 and 900 years for the ice to disintegrate. If it's 900, we've obviously got time for a smoke.

However, if it's closer to 200, we ought to be thinking about how to respond. Remember, Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge are 80 years old and the interstate highway system is already about 60. Infrastructure is a long term project that takes long term vision.

With a little luck I fully expect my little grandbabies to see the year 2100 and beyond. What's wrong with planning for the future?

I don't know.....how many tornado's will we have in the next 200 years? Shouldn't we be stopping them instead?

[emcee squared]

Originally Posted by pknopp

It actually happened. That's why it's funny.

I didn't call the event a lie, I called it simple-minded.

[cranberry45]

Global warming, climate change could not prevent the collapse. This could pose a major threat to coastal cities.