Is global warming going to kill us? I don't think it is. I'm not a scientist or an expert but I can pretend to be one online. One of the highly publicized issues in regards to global warming is the melting of the polar ice caps.

We've heard the horror stories about volatile weather systems and flooding and we're plenty scared. Well I may not know much about how the weather works but I think I have a pretty good grasp on how water freezes and how ice melts. We're to believe that as the polar caps melt the ocean levels rise and if we don't stop it, Earth will be completely flooded! I'm here to say, "Not so!"

Experiment time. Take an empty glass. Fill it with ice. Now fill the glass with water right up to the rim. Set the glass on a level surface until the ice melts. What's happens to the water level? Did it spill over as the ice melted? No! It stayed right at the rim becuase the water level was already displaced by the ice.

I agree that we need to take care of our environment. I understand that the flooding of the Earth isn't the only problem we're facing. But I believe that a line has to be drawn at trying to scare the crap out of people with science that may not be completely on the up-and-up.