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MamaMiaPizzaFina t1_jc64msd wrote

Reply to comment by Awellplanned in Confirmed: Global floods, droughts worsening with warming by besselfunctions

OK, do you have a few trillion dollars to make continent spanning canals that can withstand extreme flows at semi unpredictable intervals?

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Zren8989 t1_jc73782 wrote

I'm fairly certain they're being facetious.

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merlinsbeers t1_jc73vc7 wrote

A few trillion would be overkill. A hundred billion would get water into the right watersheds and create a few trillion in value. And pulling that water from flooded rivers would reduce flooding. Win-win-win.

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