Comments on: Drowned Shepperton http://www.ballardian.com/shepperton-under-water Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:27:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Simon Sellars http://www.ballardian.com/shepperton-under-water/comment-page-1#comment-674 Simon Sellars Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:52:41 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/shepperton-under-water/#comment-674 well it's just a bit of fun; idle speculation. if ballard believed this scenario would come to pass, then i suppose it's self-fulfilling. you could hedge either way, of course. in any case, adjust the sea level to +7m, which is far more likely based on current predictions, and shepperton escapes. well it’s just a bit of fun; idle speculation. if ballard believed this scenario would come to pass, then i suppose it’s self-fulfilling. you could hedge either way, of course.

in any case, adjust the sea level to +7m, which is far more likely based on current predictions, and shepperton escapes.

]]> By: mh http://www.ballardian.com/shepperton-under-water/comment-page-1#comment-673 mh Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:44:59 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/shepperton-under-water/#comment-673 Wouldn't that just be a fulfilled prophecy, and not a self-fulfilling one, unless it's Ballard's will that's somehow raising the sea? Wouldn’t that just be a fulfilled prophecy, and not a self-fulfilling one, unless it’s Ballard’s will that’s somehow raising the sea?

]]> By: Alex http://www.ballardian.com/shepperton-under-water/comment-page-1#comment-672 Alex Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:10:33 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/shepperton-under-water/#comment-672 As far as I can make out from the IPCC AR4, there isn't enough fossil fuel in the world to get +14 metres of sea level rise. Mind you, that area is all Thames backwaters. (Heathrow Airport was built on a swamp.) As far as I can make out from the IPCC AR4, there isn’t enough fossil fuel in the world to get +14 metres of sea level rise. Mind you, that area is all Thames backwaters. (Heathrow Airport was built on a swamp.)

]]> By: FJ Torres http://www.ballardian.com/shepperton-under-water/comment-page-1#comment-671 FJ Torres Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:20:13 +0000 http://www.ballardian.com/shepperton-under-water/#comment-671 "Later, as Jim piloted the Zodiac through the abondoned soundstages, he would recall the perfect breasts of the American actress who starred in the film adaptation of The Drowned World. Ms. Barrymore cleavage...." “Later, as Jim piloted the Zodiac through the abondoned soundstages, he would recall the perfect breasts of the American
actress who starred in the film adaptation of The Drowned World. Ms. Barrymore cleavage….”

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