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2011-06-28 Science & Technology

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Posted by Bobby 2011-06-28 11:47|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Sea levels have been rising since the last ice age. How about planning for the natural rise and fall of the water and using urban planning to allow the water to do so while maintaining the infrastructure? Work with the land, not bend it to your will.

Of course this makes fucking sense and there is little grant (see graft) money in it so the government will never do it.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-06-28 12:13|| 2011-06-28 12:13|| Front Page Top

#2 sea-level rise is unstoppable.

I dunno; Ma Nature did a fair job stopping it a while back. After all how did those Asian pedestrians wander over here (not to mention the beasties) if the water has always been rising?

Posted by AlanC 2011-06-28 15:00|| 2011-06-28 15:00|| Front Page Top

#3 All your shore front property belongs to us.

Posted by Bubba Shaiting6532 2011-06-28 15:55|| 2011-06-28 15:55|| Front Page Top

#4 End the continental drift!

Hey hey
ho ho
mother nature's got to go

But just in case, maybe we should go melt the arctic ice cap.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-06-28 16:05|| 2011-06-28 16:05|| Front Page Top

#5 They can stay on the well-worn path of building expensive protection and raising streets and buildings.

Yeah, right.
So explain to me intrepid reporter why they just spent at least 14 billion on the Big Dig, an eight lane underground tunnel about three blocks from the ocean to replace an elevated structure?
I'll wait. Consult your agenda handbook. Look under "awkward"...

Posted by tu3031 2011-06-28 19:20|| 2011-06-28 19:20|| Front Page Top

#6 tu3031 - well that started way before MMGW.

And Tip O'Neill wanted it.

Posted by Bobby 2011-06-28 19:27|| 2011-06-28 19:27|| Front Page Top

#7 Or at least till the current inter-glacial period ends.

Posted by CincinnatusChili 2011-06-28 20:07|| 2011-06-28 20:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Come asteroid or high water or "global slushy" [mini-ice age], the free market + human inovation, etc. will decide.

Artic reminds me of Guam Taotamona prophecies + old dreams/visions of Guam + US-World in future time.

MADONNA IS FOREVER, D *** NG IT, FOREVER!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-06-28 22:11|| 2011-06-28 22:11|| Front Page Top

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