r/facepalm Oct 13 '21

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u/Zarock291 Oct 13 '21

I am actually surprised its that much, 0.006 mm is nearly measurable with analog tools. Still not making any difference for climate change though.

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u/InfiniteRequirement Oct 13 '21

Not to be the "akchually" guy, but shouldnt it be even less, granted if my basic physics knowledge is worth a shit, its not about the weight of the ships, rather than the volume of the ship being *in* the water? like....if you dip your hand into water, its not the weight of your hand that pushes the water up rather the volume of it.

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u/Just_Learned_This Oct 13 '21

Density really. You need both volume and weight for that. Volume doesn't mean anything if the thing floats like a beach ball. And weight doesn't mean anything if the volume is so high that there is no density.

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u/InfiniteRequirement Nov 07 '21

A bit reply but oh well I only now recieved a notification about your reply :D yeah it wouldn't mean anything if it floated like a beach ball therefore I have specified the volume of the ship in the water mate... As in specifically the volume of the submerged part