Thursday, July 17, 2008

INCONVIENIENT TRUTH

RECENTLY I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE HONOURABLE ALGORE'S MOVIE "INCONVIENIENT TRUTH" IT IS A WONDERFUL PICTORIAL PRESENTATION & NEEDS GLOBAL ATTENTION. BEING A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WEB SITE http://www.vastuengineer.com/ WITH SPECIAL INTEREST IN EARTHQUAKES I WISH TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS BECAUSE ONLY GREENLAND HAS BEEN CONSIDERED IN THE MOVIE. NO MENTION HAS BEEN MADE OF THE CAUSES OF INCREASING EARTHQUAKES ON A GLOBAL LEVEL
REGARDING GREENLAND EARTHQUAKES IT HAS BEEN STATED THAT DUE TO MELTING OF ICE THE WATER IS FLOWING BETWEEN THE ROCKS & IS BECOMING THE CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES. IT COULD BE ONE OF REASONS FOR GREENLAND BUT
AS A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WITH FOUNDATION ENGINEERING AS ADDITIONAL STUDY I AM OF THE OPINION THAT THE IT IS DUE TO THE CONCENTRATION OF INCREASING NUMBER OF HIGH RISE BUILDING & CONCENTRATION OF POPULATION IN FEW CITIES.IT IS CREATING PIN POINT LOADS INTEAD OF UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED LOADING ON EARTH/S CRUST

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