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Environment & Energy

OKIsItJustMe

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11. I tend to agree

Reply to GliderGuider (Reply #7)

Mon Jan 7, 2013, 05:26 PM

Jan 2013

A friend at one point was despairing that we lacked the agricultural skills of our grandparents. My reply was that even our grandparents had a tough time growing food if the weather didn't cooperate.

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Getting weary of arguing with poster who says that 3 foot sea level rise won't matter [View all] CreekDog Jan 2013 OP

Kinda pointless trying to educate people who prefer to remain ignorant. nt Speck Tater Jan 2013 #1

I find there are some hard-core climate deniers that no reason can influence... immoderate Jan 2013 #2

Tell him to move now to the Florida Keys. sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #3

+1 Scuba Jan 2013 #4

! CreekDog Jan 2013 #8

Don't know if this helped PADemD Jan 2013 #5

To some, its a disaster. To others, it wont be their primary concern NoOneMan Jan 2013 #6

That's my take on it as well. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #7

I tend to agree OKIsItJustMe Jan 2013 #11

The answer is trees, trees and more trees NoOneMan Jan 2013 #13

Trees are at best part of a possible answer OKIsItJustMe Jan 2013 #18

Well, it depends on what you are trying to solve NoOneMan Jan 2013 #21

2�C warming was (somewhat arbitrarily) decided to be the safe limit OKIsItJustMe Jan 2013 #22

The Moringa tree also could serve a role. Stevepol Jan 2013 #24

"incorporate woody perennials into our food systems" NickB79 Jan 2013 #25

Awesome work! NoOneMan Jan 2013 #28

The actual impact is probably closer to "won't matter" than to "horrible" FarCenter Jan 2013 #9

Oh! I see now! FBaggins Jan 2013 #10

No, the sea level rise makes the 30 foot surge the equivalent of a 33 foot surge. FarCenter Jan 2013 #12

Your examples miss the reality. FBaggins Jan 2013 #16

Katrina was 27 feet over about 20 miles FarCenter Jan 2013 #19

You may have noticed that Katrina overwhelmed coastal defenses. FBaggins Jan 2013 #26

So at the tail end of the Age of Cheap Energy and Plentiful Food... NoOneMan Jan 2013 #15

I'd expect that by 2100 the population will be small enough to live on higher ground FarCenter Jan 2013 #17

And that is the only reason I'd rate this as "won't matter" (so much) NoOneMan Jan 2013 #20

Uhhhh...huh huh...mmmm heh heh...huh huh...he said..."Fundy". Mmmm huh huh huh.... Systematic Chaos Jan 2013 #14

Three feet is much for the Florida Keys, but, CRH Jan 2013 #23

It will matter in that people have adapted to living on the coasts of every continent OnlinePoker Jan 2013 #27