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> So the current sea level is the one that must be kept? For now, yes. There are millions of people who will be impacted if we don't. If there is a reason to
by ctrl-j 9y ago
> So the current sea level is the one that must be kept?
For now, yes. There are millions of people who will be impacted if we don't.
If there is a reason to maintain a different sea level, we can weigh it against the impact of those currently affected.
The people in 1760 are long dead, their oceans and their levels are less relevant.
- mkempe 9y agoThanks, that makes sense as a goal, to evaluate and minimize impact on current coastal populations. I assume future coastal population centers would actively shift inland, over multiple decades, if they take into account predicted sea level changes over the next 200 to 2,000 years.
- ctrl-j 9y agoIn a capitalist society, I wouldn't expect that. What would be the market incentive to migrate? As it stands currently, coastal property is the most valuable. There would need to be a mechanism to drive that migration. Perhaps a system that adds the cost of maintaining the current sea level to owning beachfront property?
- mkempe 9y agoMarket insurance without government support, and absence of emergency funding after disasters...