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- Feb 8, 2001
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Originally posted by: SunnyD
Well, I honestly can see the arguement. It IS hypothetically possible for the earth to grow in volume (not mass) in this manner. Most all materials expand as they cool. If the earth was a very dense place 65 billion years ago, then I could see this happening. Over the next 65 million years, the earth expands, and in doing so creates more surface area to cool, which is this whole accelerating expansion thing they're talking about. As far as the questions about where the water came from... who said it wasn't there the whole time? Someone said miles deep... yeah. Remember, large portions of habitable land have previously been under water as sediment records show.
I don't buy it, not on the time scale they're talking about. 65 million years, no. 600 million years, no. 3.5 billion years... it's possible. After all, Copernicus proved established theory wrong...
Yeah there is no way in hell that that much mass can be created in 65 million years
