• El Barto
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    Or check out the Dutch and their below sea level communities.

    • @BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world
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      The Dutch constructed enormous flood control projects to shut the country off from the sea. The Afsluitdijk and the Delta Works reduced the countryā€™s coastline from 1,400 to 450 km. The measures needed to maintain its flood control works to accommodate sea level rise by 2100 are estimated at a cost of over ā‚¬1 billion per year.

      Look at a map of Florida and tell me how youā€™re going to close its coastline off from the sea.

      • El Barto
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        This is not some small European country. This is AMERICA the powerful, dammit! We will build a wall around Florida, and weā€™ll make the sea pay for it!!!

        But more seriously, point taken.