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I don't know why this has been down voted. Would you buy a property with a 50 year lease?

• Sharlin 9y ago
  Probably because it’s a ridiculously trivial problem in the context of the full seriousness of climate change.
  • Gupie 9y ago
    Possibly, but I thought he/she was putting serious point in a light hearted manner. Expected sea level rises are .5 to 2m by then end of the century. Anyone with property less than 2m above the current sea level should be concerned.
    • bigbugbag 9y ago
      There is a common misunderstanding in sea level rise. When the number says .5 to 2m it is a planetary global average, but sea level rise distribution is not uniform across the planet. Some places, such as the US east coast[1][2], are expected to have to deal with sea level rises 3-4 times the global average or 2m to 8m of sea level rise. So property up to 8m or more from the current sea level may be concerned. [1]: https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate1597 https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate1597 [2]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/02/01/why-the-u-s-east-coast-could-be-a-major-hotspot-for-sea-level-rise/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/20...