The latest estimates are for over four and a half feet of ocean rise by the end of the century. In my twenty years or more of watching the subject, there has been one VERY consistent fact.
Every single estimate or model has been proven to be over optimistic and to underestimate the accelerative properties of Climate Crisis.
From the LA Times coverage of the California interagency Climate Action Team.
Hundreds of thousands of people and billions of dollars of Golden State infrastructure and property would be at risk if ocean levels rose 55 inches by the end of the century, as computer models suggest, according to the report.
The group floated several radical proposals: limit coastal development in areas at risk from sea rise; consider phased abandonment of certain areas; halt federally subsidized insurance for property likely to be inundated; and require coastal structures to be built to adapt to climate change.
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“Immediate action is needed,” said Linda Adams, secretary for environmental protection. “It will cost significantly less to combat climate change than it will to maintain a business-as-usual approach.”
And still…….that is an understatement. Coastal property is some of the most expensive and most developed in the world. And it IS going to disappear. Trillions of dollars worth of it, all over the world, inevitably, and there is, now, virtually nothing we can do about it. Except preventing it from getting even worse than that.
Despite the Fox News hosts recent highly scientific findings that if it snows in March, apparently an unusual climate event, that is proof that there is no threat from Climate Change.
And it looks like Americans are buying it.
Unfortunately, a new Gallup poll shows that while a majority of Americans still believe global warming is happening, a record number now say that it is “exaggerated” by the news media:
Perhaps when the ostriches, with their heads buried deep in the sand start…..drowning, we can start making changes. I praise the California interagency Climate Action Team. To bad that they will be mostly ignored.
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Otto Tipjar
I suppose if a person wanted beach front property, then they should buy a land that is now about 5+ feet above above sea level.
Since it will be so warm and we won’t need it for heating homes, we’ll have a huge surplus of oil to burn in cars.
It’s a blessing in disguise!
And then we can use the cars to travel to all kinds of exotic and interesting places.
Especially to all the new beaches!
Ahem. It’ll be cool!
No?
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we should be trading people’s lives to support the control structures of evil people. Out of all the possible solutions to the total enviornmental problem this CO2 meme straight out of a marketing think tank should be scoffed at vehemently by all men and women of good will.
I ask you why did they focus on the singular thing no one can fix other than assume the lifestyle of an Amish person. How does this compare and contrast with the total and comprehensive “solutions” to control schemes like the Patriot Acts, NSA surveillance. In those areas everyone is educated as to the total solution.
If the situation is so dire and Californians have to treat water soon are they going to still have cell phone coverage if they keep the phone above the waterline?
it will occur in three stages and it is unavoidable……
underestimated !?!,exageratted !?!,both of these terms are non sequitors……….
we are fiddling while the earth is going to burn……
those polls simply indicate the depth those individuals have their collective heads in the sand…..
let them drown……
as the real estate goes under the waves they will cry for us to save their investments….
I will be laughing……
And all my favorite surf breaks here in New England? Guess I better load up on USGS maps and start by identifying the new point and reef breaks. The beach breaks will form according to the new currents.
I wonder if anyone has started checking out the Arctic for next-gen surf resorts. It’s always good to plan ahead.