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In reply to the discussion: What America will look like once global warming melts the polar ice caps [View all]Theyletmeeatcake2
(348 posts)80. It won't matter because..
The water will be fouled up by all the shit we're pumping into it and there will be huge algal blooms that will make it a blood red ocean...that's if tracking hasn't got us drinking poisonous water...that's if all the nuclear plants near water sources haven't been flooded and failed like Fukushima .....it all looks good for us and luckily the markets will sort it out as per usual...it's going to be a legacy we can all be proud of.....thank god for the rapture is all i can say..
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What America will look like once global warming melts the polar ice caps [View all]
kpete
Nov 2013
OP
I tell people we will have beach front property (in Raleigh) as snarky joke - but looking at the map
NRaleighLiberal
Nov 2013
#1
Florida, New York City, Boston, D.C., and New Orleans all on the bottom of the sea
davidn3600
Nov 2013
#2
Most waterfront buildings weren't here in 1900. No reason to believe they'll be here in 2110.
FarCenter
Nov 2013
#44
Yes and the same corporations that ripped us off getting into this situation will....
Theyletmeeatcake2
Nov 2013
#82
Your post doesn't take methane in to account along with other feedbacks and tipping points,ie:
Uncle Joe
Nov 2013
#62
Most ice is in the East Antarctic; methane has a short lifetime in the atmosphere
FarCenter
Nov 2013
#83
Methane traps 34 more times heat than carbon dioxide and methane's lifespan isn't fixed but subject
Uncle Joe
Nov 2013
#89
Cool beans. With a little bit of dredging I could build a marina in lower forty
Brother Buzz
Nov 2013
#27