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And while people love to trash on the East Coast Elites and other nonsense, these coastal cities in many countries are the economic centers of the world. You ca
by themartorana 10y ago
And while people love to trash on the East Coast Elites and other nonsense, these coastal cities in many countries are the economic centers of the world. You can't just displace NYC and Tokyo and Hong Kong and Sydney and so on and think "no big deal, it's just some displacement" because it will rock the world economy like nothing we've seen if these cities become swimming pools.
- niftich 10y agoYou could displace them, slowly, but you don't have to. You could just keep building [1] tide [2] barriers [3] instead [4]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Barrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Barrier [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Works [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigation_Pass_S-1_of_Saint_Petersburg_Dam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigation_Pass_S-1_of_Saint_P... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOSE_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOSE_Project