Raven,
I'm curious where you got your numbers from... 10ft is a big sea level rise, the IPCC high estimate is ~1m/100yrs so thats 3 ft by 2100, concievable 10ft by 23oo, I'm not doubting, I'm just curious what time scale your talking..
Also the way I understand it is that when the ice caps melt, sea level will rise, as thats where the water tends to go, but I'm not really sure that I've ever seen evidence that this increases the frequency/intensity of weather events (a la Day after Tommorow) Some arguments are made that increased temperature will increase the intensity of storms, but not the extra water.. again thats what I know, I'm curious on a source, I'd like to read it for my own personal edification
Jenn, whats different the last 150 years or so is burning fossel fuels for energy and releasing CO2 in the atmosphere... so that argument points more towards our impact... maybe thats what your where hinting at...
As far as the problem being around for a while, I stated in my first post that GWB didnt ratify this, but it's not all his fault, this has been going on for a long time... Conspirancy theory people argue that Detroit has had the technology to make practical Hydrogen cars since the 70's... it sort of makes sense... we could make bombs out of it in the 40's....
This is turning into a good thread... not really political, but fun..
Oh and Bart, Anytime I can help man
if you get stuck shoot me an email....
Bryan