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He's not wrong though. There is this strange idea, particularly in the US, that we can buy our way out of the problems caused by sea level rise. That's (somewh
by themagician 11y ago
He's not wrong though.
There is this strange idea, particularly in the US, that we can buy our way out of the problems caused by sea level rise. That's (somewhat) true in some cases, but Miami is not one of them. The ground is simply too porous. You'd have to pull some Dubai-level shit and build a second Miami Beach next to the original and move everyone over.
South Florida will almost undoubtably be the first area in the United States where wealthy people are materially impacted by sea level rise. And because the foundation is so porous it won't take 100 years before areas become untenable. Flooding that last a few days starts to last weeks.
It really doesn't take much.
- autoreleasepool 11y ago> He's not wrong though I have yet to a shred of evidence for this 20 year theory