I`ve been wondering about this for a couple of days.....?

Question

mk well you know how they that someday the glaciers are gonna melt bc of global warming and you know.... flood the U.S...

and you should also know that EVERYONE says that we should not use alot of water..

well i was wondering this....

( im not saying to do it.... ((please dont)) ))))))

isn`t it better if we use more water....???

WHY????

i was thinking that if we use more water ... (just the right amount)...

we drink...

we waste...

WE DOOO ALLL THAT!!

but if u look back at the ocean the water will still be the same...

bc of the glaciers....

SO IS IT BETTER IF WE WASTE OR IS IT BETTER IF WE STICK TO THE REGULAR AND -NOT- WASTE A ALOT OF WATER????

((( i just thought about this and i couldnt really explain this very good sooo HOPEFULLY you understood me)))!!!!

THANX

-vivi-

Answer 1

Wow you have a point

Answer 2

The world is pretty much a 'closed cycle'.  Water gets used and then naturally re-cycled through a variety of ways.  Increasing consumption would only reduce the amount in the seas by a tiny fraction and soon after, it would, through waste, return to the seas.

The essential point though is that **WE** use 'fresh' water and the seas are salt water.  The water we are being urged to cut back on is the sort that we can drink.  The water that will flood low-laying areas is salt water.  Glaciers are the largest store of fresh water but they do not drain into reservoirs that we drink out of.... they drain into the sea.... so all in all, conserve fresh water we CAN use and lets stop melting the glaciers containing fresh water we CAN'T use!

Answer 3

Well either way we're pretty screwed... If we used ALL the liquified fresh water, and the glaciers melted, im pretty sure lots and lots and lots and lots of land will still be flooded

Answer 4

about 70 meters is the amount of sea level rise that would occur if all of the ice melts.  That is less than the amount the sea rose after the big melt of about 11,000 years ago.  The US wouldn't even come close to completely flooding, but the coasts would defintiely get wet.  It will take a long time for all that melting to occur.

I didn't completely follow the water use idea of yours.

Answer 5

It is better that we don't waste a lot of water.  While there is an abundant supply of water on the planet, very little of it is clean enough for drinking or in the right place for people to use.  It also wastes energy to use water that you don't need.  We can purify and transport water, but this also takes energy.  Much better (and less expensive) to simply conserve water.

I'm not sure what the glaciers melting has to do with anything about how much water people use?  Also, it's unlikely that the glaciers will all melt before the Earth enters another cooling cycle and the glaciers start to expand.  I won't get into that because I'm trying to answer your question, not start a global warming debate.  Even if the glaciers did melt, they would not 'flood the us.'  Sea level would rise something like 20 feet, which would only flood low coastal plains.

Answer 6

I agree with Jackalo.  You shouldn't be worried about it.  Glaciers have been melting for a long time.  Sea levels are rising very slow.  The problems have been exaggerated.

Answer 7

"Flood the US" is a bit of an exaggeration. If all the glaciers in the world melted, the sea level woud rise about 30 m. I don't think the people of Denver would be much affected, or even the people of Chicago. As for coastal cities, that's a different matter.

But wasting water wouldn't make any difference. Where do you think it goes when you waste it? Honest, it doesn't disappear.