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North Carolina Bans Use of Latest Science on Rising Sea Level

• moocowduckquack 13y ago
  "Tom Thompson, president of NC-20, a coastal development group and a key supporter of the law, said the science used to make the 39-inch prediction was flawed, and added that the resources commission failed to consider the economic consequences of preparing the coast for a one-meter rise in sea level" I wonder what might be the economic consequences of ignoring the possibility. I would love for him to be right and for there to be no major rise and for the coastal development business to be secure, but I personally wouldn't bet on it.
• nandeng 13y ago
  But it is rising anyway.
• wmeredith 13y ago
  "And yet it moves..." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_yet_it_moves http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_yet_it_moves