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8886126 No.8886126 [Reply] [Original]

So if people fear that if global warming is real and the ocean levels will rise, couldn't we drill holes REALLY deep so that it displaces the water once there is too much?

>> No.8886135
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>mfw OP is not only a climate denier but also a hollow-earther

>> No.8886145

>>8886126
Al Gore made his money off that. He lives on the coast now.

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>>8886135
>>8886135

>> No.8886156

>>8886135
That's not what they're saying. They're saying if you create holes in the ocean, (and deposit the removed earth somewhere on land,) the holes would fill with water, and sea levels would drop a bit.

>>8886126
I mean... Yes? There's not really a point. Rising sea levels are bad, but they're far from the worst of global warming.

Anyway, there's no way we'd be able to make enough holes. The way to do it would be to fill up an existing hole.Just take some valley or some other place on land that lies below sea level, create an artificial river to the sea, thus flooding the area with ocean water.

Problem is, there aren't many places on land that are below sea level. And I'm not sure if any of them would hold enough volume to make a difference....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_on_land_with_elevations_below_sea_level

>> No.8886159

The continent Antarctica is being weighted down by tons of ice. If that ice melts, the melt water will raise sea levels, but then Antarctica will start to rise with it's weight lifted. Once it rises it'll displace ocean water and the oceans will rise even higher. Not to mention all the seismic activity this'll cause.

>> No.8886197

>>8886159
Are you implying the continent of Antarctica is floating?

>> No.8886199

>>8886197
There's land underneath the ice in Antarctica. It's an actual continent.

>> No.8886201

>>8886197
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-glacial_rebound

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>>8886159
You'd love this guys theories about Guam

>> No.8887340

>>8886197
Aren't all continents floating?

>> No.8887439

>>8886156
>there's no way we'd be able to make enough holes.
Sure there is. Do the math, and you'll see it's a big job, but an achievable one.

We'd have to take it little by little, but the ice is going to melt little-by-little as well. It's not like a 3 km ice sheet is going to melt in just a decade, or even in a century.

Note that we don't have to specifically make a space for ocean water. It's fine if we dig out new or deeper freshwater lakes, and accumulate water on land by restricting their outflow.

>The way to do it would be to fill up an existing hole.Just take some valley or some other place on land that lies below sea level, create an artificial river to the sea, thus flooding the area with ocean water.
No, that's terrible. Of course there aren't many areas like that. Naturally water would fill them.