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the rest: "... Amsterdam has been six metres underwater for ages, and that’s a really nice place. We will cope with it." I think he's making a pretty decent po
by jhugo 4y ago
the rest: "... Amsterdam has been six metres underwater for ages, and that’s a really nice place. We will cope with it."
I think he's making a pretty decent point, but "who cares" is probably the worst way to start that sentence if you don't want to get fired.
- armada651 4y agoOnly a decent point if you don't care about Amsterdam. I would very much appreciate if Amsterdam wasn't under water in 100 years.
- jhugo 4y agoIt's already below sea level and only mildly damp, I don't imagine it will be under water in 100 years. The point is about human adaptation and ability to find technological solutions, not about whether you care about the specific cities.
- armada651 4y agoWhy rely on human ingenuity in 100 years to cope with the effects, when we can use the same inginuity right now to prevent it?
- jhugo 4y agoBecause maybe we can't! Many scientists think we are already too late to stop fairly major climate change. So the sane solution is surely to do both. Nothing that the guy was quoted saying in OP says that we shouldn't do anything proactive about climate change.