Chanter Eve Ensler on earthquakes

the easiest job in the world?

Vagina promoter? It must be one of the most beloved things in the world. Does someone promote breathing?
Bill McGuire of the University College London's Hazard Research Center has been saying for several years that global warming would cause earthquakes. Ms Vagina Monologues and Danny Glover are two people who have mentioned this in connection with the earthquake in Haiti. I don't really understand all the science of it but anything that upsets Republicans I'm in favor of to the fullest extent.

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by: clown hidden @ Sat Feb 13, 2010 at 16:50:41 PM CST

Vagina Monologues

Clown, have you ever seen the Vagina Monologues? In part, it points out the pervasive misogyny and literal violence against the vagina in our world. This is a dickocracy we live in, where the cock is celebrated and the vagina is dissed or marginalized. Ensler deserves huge credit for helping to change this.

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by: brooke @ Wed Feb 17, 2010 at 12:07:08 PM CST

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sea level rise

I'm not a scientist, but the added weight caused by sea level rise on the subduction zones possibly could cause earthquakes. However, if you listen to what Eve said, she never said earthquakes were caused by global warming. She just said both of those phrases in the same sentence.

Markp

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by: markp @ Sat Feb 13, 2010 at 17:49:14 PM CST

The sky is falling

No, it would not. The weight is distributed evenly over the surface and so is negligible compared to the weight of the water that's already there. Climate scientists are desperately trying to get people to panic.

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by: Cultmember @ Sun Feb 14, 2010 at 02:06:26 AM CST

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Panic In The Streets

Climate scientists are desperately trying to get people to panic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...
Panic In The Streets, 1950 Noir.

Is the "bubonic plague" going to strike New Orleans, or just the pulmonary version, the "pneumonic plague".

Burdened by the knowledge that the massive investigation has little chance of success, Reed accuses Warren of not taking the threat seriously enough. In turn, Warren admits that he thinks Reed is ambitious and trying to use the situation to further his career.

Those scientists and their machinations!
Why are they desperate to have panic?  

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by: joeisuzu @ Mon Feb 15, 2010 at 02:02:47 AM CST

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Huh?

I'm not sure what is your point here.

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by: Cultmember @ Mon Feb 15, 2010 at 14:55:20 PM CST

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The sky is falling

If I recall correctly the connection between global warming and earthquakes involves ice not water. The ice pack on land surfaces can actually be quite thick and heavy, I believe you can be talking about a mile or more. If the ice pack melts away the removal of that weight can have a significant effect on the land, if the land in question happens to be on a fault line.

This theory arose when scientists noticed a strong correlation between the frequency of earthquakes in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska and the thickness of the icepack. Specifically there were a lot of earthquakes there at the end of ice age periods, and none at other times.

This was one explanation they came up with. I believe they did some calculations of the weight of the ice pack, but they really don't know how much change of weight it would take to trigger earthquakes so it is just a theory.

Mick

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by: Mick @ Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 13:58:57 PM CST

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