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The flood barrier needed to -partially- protect NYC from Sandy flooding is estimated at $6-10 billion dollars. Spread that out along the coastline and the taxe
by teeja 14y ago
The flood barrier needed to -partially- protect NYC from Sandy flooding is estimated at $6-10 billion dollars.
Spread that out along the coastline and the taxes needed gets into REAL money. Of course, with 110+F temperatures down South ALL summer, most people will need to move away from there.
- potatolicious 14y agoYou don't need to protect the entire coastline, just already-developed parts of it that would present an extreme disruption to let flood. $6-10bn in the grand scheme of New York City is nothing (well, assuming anybody gives a shit about NYC in 300 years).
- mseebach 14y ago> The flood barrier needed to -partially- protect NYC from Sandy flooding is estimated at $6-10 billion dollars. Which is several orders of magnitude less that fixing global warming will cost. The GDP of NYC is $1280bln. Even at twice the cost for the barriers ($20bln), it's 1.5% of GDP to permanently "fix" global warming for NYC. Also, it's fairly deterministic. The tools and methods to build such barriers are readily available. The same can't be said of a political solution. > Of course, with 110+F temperatures down South ALL summer, most people will need to move away from there. Well, the region is already more or less uninhabitable without air conditioning, so the solution to that problem is pretty obvious.