Rising sea level, melting ice or...?
 

So the argument has always been that the warming trend melts the ice and makes the ocean rise. What about the water that is created from burning fossil fuels? Has anyone ever taken that into acount?

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Im not saying I agree with the mainstream. Im just curious if this has ever been considered before. I have a hard time thinking that Im the first person to make the connection. That and just the thermal energy in general from burning things.

Also, glaciers are on land not water. On water they are icebergs.

I've wondered how much the thermal E of combustion contributes, too. Probably insignificant compared to the total solar energy that hits the Earth.

"So the argument has always been that the warming trend melts the ice and makes the ocean rise."

you did not specify glacier
but
shall we address that as well
yes
we shall
when and IF glaciers on land masses move or melt , the land under where the former glacier was
rises as in goes up relative to where it used to be with the ice on top
because the weight on it has been removed
think on that for a moment and then
tell me how that can result in
" rising sea level "
remember also
equal and opposite re action , something else shifted down as well

What about thermal expansion of the oceans?

From what I'm reading, burning 1 gallon of gasoline produces 8 pounds of water. Strangely, 8 pounds of water is about 1 gallon.

So, burning 1 gallon of gasoline produces 1 gallon of water and about 18 pounds of carbon dioxide.

89 million barrels of oil are consumed each day, and each barrel holds 42 gallons. That's 3,738,000,000 gallons of "new" water created each and every day!

Of course, you're wondering how many olympic-sized swimming pools that would fill, and the answer is 5,664.

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Thermal expansion of the water is another good point to consider.

Even so, I'm not too concerned about sea level rise. There are much more immediate and tragic conditions that humans currently are subjected to that need attention (poverty, famine, war, disease).

So when the oil is removed from the Earth's crust, what fills that space where the oil used to be? I think that is where all that water is going.

I can solve the problem of CO2 pollution as well. Build taller chimneys.

What happens when the fresh water from the melting ice dilutes the ocean salt water?

In other words, if you have a glass of salt water with an ice cube in it, what happens to the water level? This is for an iceberg simulation of course.

Floating ice is floating, so if it melts it won't change the level.
It weighs the same so it displaces as much water when it floats as when it is molten.

Omitting the effect of thermal expansion. Mind that up to 4°C / 39°F there is no expansion but contraction instead+ at 4°C water has its highest density.

Burning fossil fuel (hydrocarbons) releases not only water but also CO2.
Most of that will be absorbed by plants through photosynthesis, recreating hydrocarbons.
Plants need lots of water for that too for the hydrogen atoms.

So that's where the water goes. Back into fuel, if we use the plants for that. Or fossil fuel if we let it rot in swamps and such and cover it by new layers of earth crust and wait some million years.