| The global warming problem, has been, to date, a game of
"Truth or Dare", where
certain "industries" that are key to
economic activity in some countries, has
it's own political
affect in earth shaking ways.
There is evidence where
the ADDITIONAL weight caused by
water when they build dams, where the
weight of
the water has an affect on the earth's crust where
they have observed an
increase in
earthquakes as a result. AND where there is water, there are
other
possible events related to water and it's mass that
happen due to "FACTS
BELOW".
See:
A Link Between Dams and Earthquakes?
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/02/a-link-
between-dams-and-ea
rthquakes/
See:
Global Warming Might Spur
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
http://www.livescience.com/7366-global-warming-spur-
earthquakes-volcanoes.
html
See:
Affec
t of the tides
themselves on the earth's crust
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_acceleration
Quote:
--"In
addition to the effect of the ocean tides, there is
also a tidal acceleration
due to flexing of
the earth's crust, but this accounts for only about 4% of
the
total effect when expressed in
terms of heat dissipation".
See:
Aftershocks - FAQs -
Earthquakes, Faults, Plate
Tectonics, Earth Structure
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/faq/?
faqID=109
Quote:
--
"There have also been some small but significant
correlations reported between
the semi-
diurnal tides and the rate of occurrence of aftershocks in
some
volcanic regions, such
asMammoth Lakes. (UC Berkeley) (Thanks to Gary Fuis for
contributing content to this
FAQ.)".
See:
Of The Moon,
Earth-Squeezing Tides, And
Volcanoes; 2001 (Moon's affect on Crust has been
observed
and measured)
http://www.platetectonics.com/article.asp?a=37&c=14
Quotes:
-- "Few realize that the solid earth also exhibits tidal
behavior,
with bulges on opposite sides
of the globe, also driven by the moon. At HVO, we
can
actually measure these tides with our
tiltmeters and strainmeters".
--
"Who would have thought that the moon had that kind of
power, not only to be
able to
cause the world's oceans to bulge, but also to squeeze terra
firma
twice a day (reader question - is it as much as 4
inches)? But it does,
so it
should not come as a complete shock that reputable
scientists have suggested
that
these squeezings might influence whether a volcano will
erupt or not".
-- "More than 25 years ago, a pair of earth scientists
compared the records
for 680 eruptions
that occurred since 1900 and found that "the probability of
an eruption is greatest at times of
maximum tidal amplitude." In plainer
language, volcanoes are
more likely to erupt at the
fortnightly (or 14-day)
"high" tide".
-- "The correlation is more important as a clue to how
volcanoes work. The effect of the tides
suggests that a volcano can remain in a
state of near
eruption for a period of time before
some threshold is exceeded
and an eruption starts. There are
probably many possible
mechanisms for
exceeding that threshold -- the lunar tides
are but one".
So,
added water weight, on the earth's crust, in areas where
the weight has not
been before, might have an affect? Duh?
Do you think? Why this is a
political debate is beyond
scientific explaination? Oh - I forgot, there are
patents
on software, software is math, and math is not patentable,
but we have
software patents! So, guess who is doing this?
I am sorry PJ, but, it's the
LAWYERS. They are trained to
argue, and convince, even if the facts are not on
their
side.
PS - FYI directed at the anti-global warming industries,
their
lawyers
and their politicians..., the rebound of the earth's crust
due to less
ice
(weight) in glacier and polar regions, will also cause
earthquakes, and
where the rebound
is more profound, or more intense, you will find more
friction, and more volcanos (depending).
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