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kingofpotatopeople92 t1_j1hsxvx wrote

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

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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