Comments on: Big ships in the big sea… http://blog.bluemonki.net/2007/07/12/big-ships-in-the-big-sea/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=big-ships-in-the-big-sea A smattering of news from the world of bluemonki fortified with vitamins and iron, suitable for vegetarians, may contain traces of nuts. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:50:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jonh http://blog.bluemonki.net/2007/07/12/big-ships-in-the-big-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-7061 jonh Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:50:01 +0000 http://blog.bluemonki.net/2007/07/12/big-ships-in-the-big-sea/#comment-7061 Nice work buddy - I guess it's not as big-a-deal as I thought it might be.... Nice work buddy – I guess it’s not as big-a-deal as I thought it might be….

]]> By: Marc http://blog.bluemonki.net/2007/07/12/big-ships-in-the-big-sea/comment-page-1/#comment-6944 Marc Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:52:07 +0000 http://blog.bluemonki.net/2007/07/12/big-ships-in-the-big-sea/#comment-6944 I make it a thousandth of a percent fold less, though it may be a rounding error! QE2, displaces 80,000 tons = 80,000 * 1.13267386368 cubic metres (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton_(volume)#Units_of_volume) = 90,614 cubic metres. Ocean = 13000 million cubic kilometres = 13,000 * 1,000,000 * 1,000,000,000 cubic metres = 13,000,000,000,000,000,000 cubic metres (You jumbled miles with metres earlier my friend) 90,614/13,000,000,000,000,000,000 = 6.97e-15 Assuming there are 7000 ships that displace half the amount of the QE2 then its 6.97e-15*7000/2 = 2.44e-11% increase Which is 317,148,681 cubic metres displaced spread over the 361 million square kilometers the world's oceans cover. No I'm not that busy tonight.... I make it a thousandth of a percent fold less, though it may be a rounding error!

QE2, displaces 80,000 tons = 80,000 * 1.13267386368 cubic metres (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton_(volume)#Units_of_volume) = 90,614 cubic metres.

Ocean = 13000 million cubic kilometres = 13,000 * 1,000,000 * 1,000,000,000 cubic metres = 13,000,000,000,000,000,000 cubic metres (You jumbled miles with metres earlier my friend)

90,614/13,000,000,000,000,000,000 = 6.97e-15

Assuming there are 7000 ships that displace half the amount of the QE2 then its 6.97e-15*7000/2 = 2.44e-11% increase

Which is 317,148,681 cubic metres displaced spread over the 361 million square kilometers the world’s oceans cover.

No I’m not that busy tonight….

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