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In 1903 humans first achieved heavier than air powered flight. Less than 60 years later, in 1959, man landed on the moon. I feel confident that in the next 80
by keanzu 7y ago
In 1903 humans first achieved heavier than air powered flight. Less than 60 years later, in 1959, man landed on the moon.
I feel confident that in the next 80 years we'll manage to figure out how to build some 6ft tall levees.
There will be little climate migration. People like living near the coast.
- vonmoltke 7y ago> Less than 60 years later, in 1959, man landed on the moon. That was 1969, or less than 70 years.
- keanzu 7y ago"The first human-made object to touch the Moon was the Soviet Union's Luna 2, on 13 September 1959. The United States' Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land on the Moon, on 20 July 1969." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing Poor reading comprehension on my part. You are, of course, correct.
- axaxs 7y agoI'm in full agreement, but that idea isn't popular here, where I find folks a bit fatalistic. I understand why of course, assuming 'someone will solve it' takes the urgency out of the problem. We do need to take action, absolutely. But am I worried about sea level rise here in Florida? Not at all. There's just too much money at stake to throw our hands up and run. And I don't mean just here, or even the US... most of the world's wealth is on the coast.
- keanzu 7y agoA third of the country will be underwater sounds a lot more scary than we'll have to build some small walls, about 1ft per decade, in some areas. About one third of the Netherlands lies below sea level, with the lowest point being 22 feet (6.7 meters) below sea level. Doesn't make for much of a post-apocalyptic visual - act now or end up like the Netherlands.