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Re: Polar Ice Caps Are Melting Faster Than Ever... More And More Land Is Being Devastated By Drough

Derek Broughton

2006-03-30, 10:21 pm

nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu wrote:

> Derek Broughton <news@pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>
>
> Yes, but volume is also conserved.
>
> Consider a mental experiment: start with 0.9 ft^3 of water and a 0.1 ft^3
> ice cube. The total volume is 1 ft^3. Assume, arguendo, that water and ice
> have the same density, but owing to some mysterious force, 10% of the ice
> (ie 0.01 ft^3) floats above the water surface.

Huh?? Why would I assume that? You're violating at least one law of
physics and millenia of empirical evidence.

> If all this is inside a
> 1'x1' square tub, the water level will be 0.99 feet above the tub bottom.
> If we melt the ice, the water level will rise to 1.00 feet above the
> bottom...

Yes, it would... if you could freely violate the existing laws of physics.
Nick, that's probably the oddest equation I've ever seen you write.
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derek

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