Topic: Evolution
Quote: Some argue that the mountains weren\xe2\x80\x99t that tall yet. That makes no sense whatsoever given the rates of tectonic plate drift. Plates move at 1 inch a year. That\xe2\x80\x99s 500 feet over 6,000 years. Everest is by far taller then that. Some argue that plates moved faster. To create Everest in 6,000 years would mean plates would have to move almost five feet every year in the same direction. While plate movements are related to the Earth\xe2\x80\x99s core heat, the necessary heat to have that much movement would mean the Earth\xe2\x80\x99s core would have to be hundreds of times hotter. That\xe2\x80\x99s way more then the surface of the Sun.
Response: But even worse, even if there were some unknown mechanism to cause such movement, it would generate heat. The heat generated by the creation of the mountains of the world would be more than enough to reduce the entire surface to molten lava. Add to that the fact that the condensation of the "vapor canopy" would release enough heat to boil all of the water on earth. \n
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