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[deleted] t1_j1gles0 wrote

Reply to comment by craigworknova in The $52 billion plan to save New York’s low-lying areas from sea level rise and storm surges by ChiggaOG

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kslusherplantman t1_j1gnqid wrote

Just ask the Dutch how the sea walls are working…

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kingofpotatopeople92 t1_j1hsxvx wrote

That's like asking the Thwaites Glacier not to shatter next year. In other words, what difference is it really going to make?

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Tar_alcaran t1_j1lkqjx wrote

We're coming up on 70 years with no flooding thanks to the Delta Works, so I'd say there's a pretty big difference.

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kingofpotatopeople92 t1_j1m8922 wrote

Well you've been working with centimeters of sea rise. Let's see how it works with meters 70 years early. Good luck ;)

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Tar_alcaran t1_j1n61hq wrote

Thats why we're spending over a billion per year, upgrading to the the worst of the current projections instead of the average of the 1990s projections

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qtx t1_j1hrqyw wrote

Venice only made flood gates. The were finished in 2020 and they seem to work well, but they are just flood gates, not actual permanent defenses. So it's not sure they will work against rising sea levels.

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