Which argument about sea level rising from climate change do you find most PERSUASIVE? Sea level is rising because of CO2 warming: https://bit.ly/2rsuLRH Sea level is rising but not because of people:https://bit.ly/2GUPR6m
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And the property behind them becomes beachfront.
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Rich people can pay off mortgage loans even if the house gets swallowed by the sea. Banks have no real risk.
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I.e. the idea that the ice caps will suddenly melt and send sea levels soaring
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It’s not just beachfront, there are properties on inland waterways subject to the same risk. Those aren’t owned exclusively by people who consider the property dispensable.
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Do you expect this also applies to the commercial property at risk of rising sea levels?
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I could accept some fraction of the owners are willing to walk away, it is difficult to accept that a large portion are
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"Willing" is a misleading word. Better to say the rich have a different risk profile so they can take their time and enjoy the beach.
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How about reading some actual research that estimates acceleration like this one that used tide gauge data from around the world? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2005GL024826 … Their WORST case predicts ~13.5" by 2100. Not an amount anyone could remotely describe as being "catastrophic".
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