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Subject: How Much Energy Required To Raise Mountains Via Ye Olde Flood (was Re: zzzz)
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 23:07:20 +0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 20:30:19 +0000 (UTC),
Uncle Davey <noway@jose.com> wrote:
>
> news:slrnc258bp.1ck.mightymartianca@namibia.tandem...
>> On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 19:34:04 +0000 (UTC),
>> Uncle Davey <noway@jose.com> wrote:
<snip>
>> >
>> > It seems pretty clear from Gen 7 vv 19-20 that what they called
> mountains
>> > then were very small in comparison to today's mountains.
>>
>> Have you pondered for a moment how much energy would be required to lift
> up
>> mountains from hills in just a few thousand years? The surface of this
>> planet would be molten.
>
> Please show your workings.
Well, let's ask the experts, Davey.
So, anybody have some rough calculations on just how much energy would be
required to raise the Himalayas, the Alps, the Andies and the Rockies from
hills to the heights the reach today in say, 4,000 years? And just what
would the surface of the planet be like with that much energy?
--
Aaron Clausen
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