What are you talking about? The most pessimistic estimates predict a sea level rise of 2 m by 2100. Just when are you expecting to retire?
Re:Four Kinds of Dystopia
by AsyncAwait on Sunday February 12, 2017 @06:46AM
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Global warming is about much more than sea levels. Arguably, that's not even the most important concern. Food/water shortages, war over resources, refugee crisis that makes this one feel tiny in comparison etc.
Re:Four Kinds of Dystopia
by eli_gottlieb on Sunday February 12, 2017 @01:10PM
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Around 2050, when major climate crises and extinctions will be coming to a peak and affecting economies, food supplies, and other human necessities, I'll be about 60 years old.
Several generations, my foot! The real nasty stuff will be coming to a head just about when I'm starting to hit retirement age.
>While the consequences are certainly dire global warming won't mean the extinction of mankind, or most non-human life for that matter. Life will adapt. Mankind will adapt. We can't prevent global warming anymore but we can do something to slow it down and temper its effects.
This is a stupid thing to say to people. "Oh, sure, you might die, or your personal prospects might get a lot worse, but humanity as a whole will probably persist!" Oh joy? Look, it's very nice that humanity might survive in some form, but I was hoping to survive in some form, into my natural old age.