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Jamie S
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PostPosted: 16:03 - 15 Sep 2012    Post subject: If you took all the boats out of the sea...... Reply with quote
Would the sea level drop Question
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PostPosted: 16:10 - 15 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
What if you took all the sponges out? Shocked
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PostPosted: 16:11 - 15 Sep 2012    Post subject: Re: If you took all the boats out of the sea...... Reply with quote
Jamie S wrote:
Would the sea level drop Question


Yes. By about a millionth of a millimetre. Laughing
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PostPosted: 16:16 - 15 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
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What if you took all the sponges out? Shocked


It's ok , leave all the doleys in the sea.
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PostPosted: 16:18 - 15 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Jamie S wrote:
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What if you took all the sponges out? Shocked


It's ok , leave all the doleys in the sea.


But who would run the world if all those politicians were drowning? Confused Thinking
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PostPosted: 16:25 - 15 Sep 2012    Post subject: Re: If you took all the boats out of the sea...... Reply with quote
Jamie S wrote:
Would the sea level drop Question


In theory yes by a tiny amount but the sea moves around a lot and measuring it so accurately would be impossible.
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PostPosted: 16:28 - 15 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
No. Because natural erosion and melting pack ice would cancel out any drop in sea level.
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PostPosted: 16:46 - 15 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
pinkyfloyd wrote:
No. Because natural erosion and melting pack ice would cancel out any drop in sea level.


Is that a trolling answer?
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PostPosted: 16:49 - 15 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
lilredmachine wrote:
pinkyfloyd wrote:
No. Because natural erosion and melting pack ice would cancel out any drop in sea level.


Is that a trolling answer?


I was originally going to reply but left it. Laughing
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PostPosted: 16:52 - 15 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
lilredmachine wrote:
pinkyfloyd wrote:
No. Because natural erosion and melting pack ice would cancel out any drop in sea level.


Is that a trolling answer?


No. Natural variation cancels out any effect we might have (by floating boats or removing sponges).
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PostPosted: 16:59 - 15 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Boats tend to pretty much sit on the surface with little in the way of water displacement, unlike ships. The effect of boats and ships on the sea as a whole is insignificant when we consider how vast the oceans are.
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PostPosted: 18:07 - 15 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
What Hetzer said. Thanks. Thumbs Up

I could give you figures. 5-7 million hectares of soil erosion world wide every year, 2mm average sea level rise every year. Icebergs etc probably displace more water than all the boats on or in (sunken) the water.

But I cant be arsed looking the info up. Laughing
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What if you took all the sponges out? Shocked


I've thought about this and decided the levels would drop less if we squeezed all the water out as we removed them.
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Take them out and then fill them all up with seawater - job done Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 21:12 - 16 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Take them out and then fill them all up with seawater - job done Thumbs Up


Hang on I got confused. Thought the level would rise for some reason.

Surely the weight of all those ships pressing down on the land would cancel out any sea level drop.. Smile
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PostPosted: 21:50 - 16 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
What if everyone jumped at the same time Wink


More importantly, in science at school my teacher said something I'll never forget.

Basically that because cars go in opposite directions equally, the world spins normally.

If every single car went in one direction it would change some shit round.

I remember him showing us a video but I still questioned it.. don't believe it really. Was he trolling us?

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PostPosted: 21:57 - 16 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
bikertomm wrote:
What if everyone jumped at the same time Wink


More importantly, in science at school my teacher said something I'll never forget.

Basically that because cars go in opposite directions equally, the world spins normally.

If every single car went in one direction it would change some shit round.

I remember him showing us a video but I still questioned it.. don't believe it really. Was he trolling us?

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Pretty sure a single 98'R1 can have that effect anyway.
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Everyone knows for the sea level to drop you would need a few of these Wink

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The simple answer is yes.

If a fly lands on a oil tanker it slows down, you can’t measure it and no one cares.

Where is this thread going?
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PostPosted: 08:25 - 17 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
killa wrote:
The simple answer is yes.

If a fly lands on a oil tanker it slows down, you can’t measure it and no one cares.

Where is this thread going?


If you can't measure it, how can you know ?
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killa wrote:
The simple answer is yes.

If a fly lands on a oil tanker it slows down, you can’t measure it and no one cares.

Where is this thread going?


Not if it lands on the throttle Smile
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PostPosted: 09:11 - 17 Sep 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mr.Everready wrote:
killa wrote:
The simple answer is yes.

If a fly lands on a oil tanker it slows down, you can’t measure it and no one cares.

Where is this thread going?


If you can't measure it, how can you know ?


This was my thought. The simple answer is yes. Physics dictates that boats displace water, when removed from water, they no longer displace water. That is why I thought Floyd was trolling, regardless of the rate icebergs are melting, which way birds are flying and how many people are jumping up and down at the time.

Remove all boats in an instant and the sea level will drop, may only be by a tenth of a nanometer, but it will drop.
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