Holy Melted Icebergs Batman

I was kind of watching "ABC News Special: Earth 2100" last night while I working a few Sudoko puzzles and relaxing. Here is the TV Guide synopsis:

"An environmental road map to the 22nd century explores possible effects of climate change, population growth and resource depletion, as well as measures to forestall negative consequences of those effects."

As I half-heartedly watched, they talked about the rising sea levels and how man will not know how to live or something like that. Basically, how devastating it will be to have sea levels rise 20 or more feet. Ok, yes, it will be devastating, even catastrophic is sea levels rise 20 feet! But will they? here is what crossed my mind. Aside from the whole "melting Arctic ice" theories, I would like to offer a new theory. Quite possibly never before expressed. Right now, there are approximately 8 billion people on the Earth. Every single one of them requires water to survive. Isn't it just simple enough to explain that as more people are born, more water is needed to sustain life. Couldn't we just think of the polar ice caps as our water reserve? In fact, lets take this a little further. With more people, we need more food, so more cows...more water needed. Then there is the need for more food for the humans and the cows, so more grass and grains...so more water is needed.

I honestly believe that we are taking water out of the ground at a high rate of speed to sustain ourselves and our way of life. That, in turn, may increase the temperature of the crust because that "insulation" effect is now diminished. So, the direct response is a warmer crust that begins melting the ice caps. With the ice caps melting, that water must go somewhere. The "climatologists" would have us believe that our coastal areas are going to be submerged under 20 feet of water. I don't think so. I believe that water is going right back into the under water caverns through some form of ground filtration.

Lets look at a few "facts" as presented by "climatologists". They tend to use Iceland as their example. I'm sure you've heard the arguments: There is no more more ice on Iceland, or Iceland is on the forefront of global warming. Whatever. Here are a couple of pictures they use to suggest these arguments.

Before: http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/worldguide/html/image_620.html

After: http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/worldguide/html/image_622.html

Clearly, Iceland is not under water. And it was their ice that melted. Hawaii is not underwater. In fact, I haven't actually heard of any island or coastal region suffering more than a few inches of a rise, and I offer that liberally.

Now, check this out. I found this article that really messes with things. It's brief, but well stated.

http://icelandtalks.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/global-warming-not-true-in-iceland/

Now the glacier Dangjökull is getting bigger. The National Energy Authority of Iceland in partnership with the United States Geological Survey they are mapping out the glacier. It turns out that the glacier is getting bigger. Many reasons are believed to for this. The glacier is all under 1000 meters in height, and the weather system is a bit different from other parts of the country. Other glaciers in Iceland and in Europe have in fact shrunk a little. Could this be a change in climate or in the belief systems of the general public? Could this just be a normal phenomenon like the glaciers who shrink and grow all the time?

Can you believe it? First I reported that the "trend" was reversing after spiking in the 90's and now the glaciers are getting bigger. Wow! Didn't see that coming? Not! I especially love the part "could this just be a normal phenomenon like the glaciers who shrink and grow all the time?"

Even after all is said and done, and all the arguments and theories are posed, I still believe one thing: We, as responsible caretakers of this planet, as set forth in the Bible (see Genesis 1:28 KJV), should reduce, even eliminate, pollution. It's in OUR best interest!