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Im speculating on landworth inlands rising. Longterm bet, but im sure people will not migrate away from those cities completely, only gradually inwards.

mythrwy 8y ago
I have to believe scientists and from what I see the argument for global warming is pretty solid. That being said, I've been hearing about it for around 30 years dating back to a college class explaining exactly how CO2 trapped heat and showing starkly rising levels. 30 years isn't a short period of time so one can't say "climate is not season!" or whatever, and during this period the earth has not gotten noticeably warmer nor have any coastal areas I'm aware of been submerged due to warming. Again, not denying warming makes sense on paper nor arguing it isn't happening or won't come to pass in the most extreme sense if we don't do something. I have to respect what science predicts. But what I do know, in the non theoretical world, is what was predicted then hasn't happened. I don't know why. Maybe it will later. Point being, climate can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent. Speculating on inland property in hopes climate change is going to make it worth something probably isn't going to pan out unless something (besides lip flapping and hand wringing) really starts moving soon. Unless it's a long term investment for your grandkids, then _maybe_.
- mythrwy 8y ago
  Lol. I almost deleted this comment convinced someone would come along with an "OMG Global Warming Denialist! Stone him and burn the corpse!" and downvote comment to death. At this point I'm going to leave the comment to see how much of that happens as sort of an informal survey. And no, I'm not a denialist. I just have seen first hand what was predicted, and what didn't happen. But I accept the science. I assume there were modeling errors? So what makes me suppose the current set of predictions are any more accurate? Granted I don't follow the topic closely but the amount of hysteria surrounding it doesn't match what I saw happen. Reality that occurred is reality and denying reality because a certain camp says XX isn't a good idea. It prevents us from improving our models and leads to various forms of irrational behavior.

mythrwy 8y ago

I have to believe scientists and from what I see the argument for global warming is pretty solid. That being said, I've been hearing about it for around 30 years dating back to a college class explaining exactly how CO2 trapped heat and showing starkly rising levels. 30 years isn't a short period of time so one can't say "climate is not season!" or whatever, and during this period the earth has not gotten noticeably warmer nor have any coastal areas I'm aware of been submerged due to warming. Again, not denying warming makes sense on paper nor arguing it isn't happening or won't come to pass in the most extreme sense if we don't do something. I have to respect what science predicts. But what I do know, in the non theoretical world, is what was predicted then hasn't happened. I don't know why. Maybe it will later. Point being, climate can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent. Speculating on inland property in hopes climate change is going to make it worth something probably isn't going to pan out unless something (besides lip flapping and hand wringing) really starts moving soon. Unless it's a long term investment for your grandkids, then _maybe_.

mythrwy 8y ago
Lol. I almost deleted this comment convinced someone would come along with an "OMG Global Warming Denialist! Stone him and burn the corpse!" and downvote comment to death. At this point I'm going to leave the comment to see how much of that happens as sort of an informal survey. And no, I'm not a denialist. I just have seen first hand what was predicted, and what didn't happen. But I accept the science. I assume there were modeling errors? So what makes me suppose the current set of predictions are any more accurate? Granted I don't follow the topic closely but the amount of hysteria surrounding it doesn't match what I saw happen. Reality that occurred is reality and denying reality because a certain camp says XX isn't a good idea. It prevents us from improving our models and leads to various forms of irrational behavior.