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couldn't they hire a dutch firm to help reclaim the land. we should create a whole sea wall around it as an alternative to seasteading.
by jlebrech 11y ago
couldn't they hire a dutch firm to help reclaim the land. we should create a whole sea wall around it as an alternative to seasteading.
- albemuth 11y agoSeems as viable as relocating them all to Greenland once it's done with its transition to lush tropical forest.
- wed210 11y agoAssuming AGW is the cause--did the islanders not also benefit from the worldwide consumption of fossil fuels: supplies delivered by ship, manufacturing of the supplies themselves, worldwide communications built by an energy intensive civilization, medication and learning fostered by this development? I would pay my share to relocate them, and throw in a 'Sorry about the sea level rise' gift basket, but not anything to maintain a life there.
- Someone 11y agoI would guess it is easier to float those atolls or put them on stilts. The ocean tends to get really deep fast in the Pacific, and the islands are small, giving them a high circumference to area ratio (=> you would need lots of wall per square kilometer of atoll)
- zbyte64 11y agoThat could work, but this is just a preview of more to come. That dutch firm would be kept very busy doing the same for Miami, Shenzhen, and many other coastal cities. There are also many coastal settlements who can't afford sea walls. It is doubtful that political entities that aren't interested in footing the bill to prevent such scenarios would be willing to help those settlements.