Antarctica’s potential collapse could damage coastal cities across the globe

Re:Antarctica’s potential collapse could damage coastal citi... by oh_sigh on Monday May 22, 2017 @09:28AM (#14393367)

This is essentially Pascal's wager and comes with all the problems associated with it. Another way to put your statement would be 'Imagine if we pay tens of trillions of dollars for something which only costs 500 billion dollars'

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Re:Antarctica’s potential collapse could damage coastal citi... by xexers on Monday May 22, 2017 @09:39AM (#14393438)

This statement is getting closer... but the numbers are still off... At this point green solutions are probably only about 30% more expensive than non-green(and getting cheaper every year).

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Re:Antarctica’s potential collapse could damage coastal citi... by caseysoftware on Monday May 22, 2017 @10:06AM (#14393628)

And that's the thing.. if they're getting cheaper every day, eventually they'll become the rational alternative.

I look forward to home solar and the supporting technology. The prices aren't quite there for me but I think they will be in the next five years.

In the meantime, I grew up being told "turn off the lights to save electricity!" and now with more efficient bulbs, power consumption is down about 80-90% to where energy for lighting is rounding error.

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