[HN Gopher] Rising seas will cut off many properties before they...
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Rising seas will cut off many properties before they're flooded
Author : AiaAidan
Score : 20 points
Date : 2023-03-25 20:48 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| shrubble wrote:
| 'End of the century' meaning 77 years from now? On models that
| are tissue-thin? This isn't news, just conjecture. We have no
| idea of what the Sun will do during that time, for instance...
| creatonez wrote:
| > We have no idea of what the Sun will do during that time, for
| instance...
|
| This is a climate change denial talking point that holds no
| weight in terms of actual scientific literature, climate
| modelling, and historical climate record proxies. Very few
| natural events can reverse the temperature trajectory of the
| next hundred years, other than large volcanic eruptions.
| shrubble wrote:
| Good to know that the temperature stays the same in my south
| facing living room, whether it is night or daytime... thanks.
|
| We know very well, that the Sun goes through cycles, that it
| changes its level of radiation; and that even the most
| cursory glance at the stats of different planets, which are
| at different distances from the Sun, show the effects of
| solar radiation.
| _3u10 wrote:
| If only there was some kind of technology to allow roads to cross
| water, that would be highly convenient, I guess until that tech
| gets invented we'll just have to allow flooded roads to cut
| people off from the rest of the country.
|
| > The results make it clear that isolation will be a significant
| problem for the US. Even under the lowest sea level rise scenario
| (0.5 meters by 2100),
|
| Pretty sure we can deal with 1.5 feet of water, it seems somehow
| surmountable, like maybe add 2 feet of gravel and pave it again?
| kodyo wrote:
| Hey now. We should probably implement some kind of centralized
| global authority before we get too hasty with "solving
| problems."
| _3u10 wrote:
| Definitely, these anti-elite luddites think they can just put
| gravel on roads til it's above water without proper expertise
| and oversight. We definitely need a global authority to issue
| permits for people to put extra gravel, or move dirt from the
| above water part of the hill to the below water part.
| creatonez wrote:
| > Pretty sure we can deal with 1.5 feet of water, it seems
| somehow surmountable, like maybe add 2 feet of gravel and pave
| it again?
|
| This is an extremely simplistic view of sea level rise. Even a
| small amount of sea level rise can cause a ton of coastline
| erosion, because the water is now frequently flooding into
| areas not already weathered. It's not compatible with our
| infrastructure, unless we spent a lot to renovate it.
| kodyo wrote:
| People will adapt to change. Calm down.
| creatonez wrote:
| Yes, society will "adapt", by exacerbating inequality.
| Massive amounts of resources will be wasted on ideas like
| "add 2 feet of gravel and pave it again" to allow the super
| rich to keep their properties for a few years longer, and
| the only actual workable solution (building new sustainable
| homes and allowing people to relocate to them for free)
| will be ignored.
| rascul wrote:
| Time to buy a boat.
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