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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (46924)1/28/2014 11:55:15 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86356
 
"Would you like a permanent sea level change of 100 metres continuously increasing over 1000 years or a sea level change of 10 metres over 1 second now, with reversion to the previous sea level an hour later?"

If you asked people whether they would they like to see the planet absorb 4 Hiroshimas of heat a second, or have 1 Hiroshima dropped on them, they'll take the former, too. So what? All you are doing is illustrating your talent for formulating totally stupid questions.



the effects of anthropogenic sea level rise on the Jersey Shore


the effects of anthropogenic sea level rise on the NY subway system

There are lots of natural catastrophes, which are unavoidable. There are only a few potential anthropogenic catastrophes, and they are avoidable; nuclear war and global warming.