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Huge Iceberg Nine Times As Large As Singapore
DeadBugs writes: "From CNN and the actual National Ice Center press release, a huge iceberg 2130 square miles in size has broke off of Antartica. Satellite pictures are included at each site. This iceberg is larger than the state of Rhode Island and about the same size as Delaware."
Dude, it's springtime! This happens every year, remember?
Err... It broke of of Antarctica. Southern Hemisphere. Seasons reversed.
It's only software!
The Coast Guard has done some experiments on breaking ice bergs up, and apparently [quote]:
a 1,000 lb charge of TNT would be needed to break up approximately 70,000 cubic ft of ice (1,960 tons) and a hundred such charges would be needed for the destruction of an average berg. Furthermore, to melt a medium size berg of 100,000 tons would require the complete theoretical heat of combustion of 2.4 million gallons of gasoline. Such methods are, of course, economically, as well as practically unsound.
Come to LA and breathe the brown air. Go to the beach on a windy day and see either what clean air _doesn't_ look like, or what dirty air does. Then tell me that humans aren't having an impact on the environment.