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- PeppermintPig, on 02/07/2009, -4/+55Obligatory Rosie O'Donnell joke.
- scooterbaga, on 02/08/2009, -3/+34Massive dike ftw!
- ihazstatus, on 02/08/2009, -1/+31Someday the sun will explode and the Earth will vaporize.
- garryw, on 02/08/2009, -3/+31"Polar ice melting has the world’s sea level rising at more than one-tenth of an inch per year"
"Bangkok’s steel and concrete buildings are causing the capitol to sink more than 3 inches per year on average"
So global warming is 3% of the problem, i'd focus on the other 97% - ajonsey, on 02/07/2009, -5/+32New York, Calcutta and Amsterdam are next
- vsujohn2, on 02/08/2009, -0/+26The dike of Bangkok?
Damn that sounds dirty. - idontlikeyou2, on 02/08/2009, -0/+22I think the Netherlands are probably one of the best countries prepared for this.
- anarcurt, on 02/08/2009, -0/+17New York is not built on clay and is not sinking. RTFA
- TexMexRex, on 02/08/2009, -2/+18Dugg for Bangkok and massive dike in the same article.
- inactive, on 02/08/2009, -0/+14Buried because of the misleading, alarmist headline.
- fatalautomaton, on 02/08/2009, -3/+16i second your call of *****
- Ferretman, on 02/08/2009, -1/+13The primary problem with Bangkok is NOT rising water, it's the weight of the city. The article is quite clear about this--the city is pressing down into the soft clay and marshland it was built on and has been since at least the mid-50's. The article notes water rising at the rate of .1 inch/year, but the city SINKS 3 inches/year--30 TIMES THE OCEAN RISE RATE. That's where your problem is--it has nothing to do with so-called global warming.
New York is unlikely to sink for a long time....the island is primarily bedrock
Amsterdam is being well protected by the Netherlands' planning (detailed in a Wired magazine article last month in fact). Being below sea level and built on marshes doesn't help, but they are mitigating things quite well.
Don't know much about Calcutta, but a quick check finds that their problem isn't as much rising waters as *falling* waters--they've built so much infrastructure that they've pumped out all the water under their city, and the clays they're on are collapsing under the city's weight. - borschwanger, on 02/08/2009, -0/+10The urban coast outside Bangkok, dotted with thousands of piers and factories, will likely go underwater in coming decades, said Anond Snidvongs, director of the Southeast Asia Regional Research Center. But the sea will flow and recede with Thailand’s rainy and dry seasons, he says, leaving the area uninhabitable for only about 60 days a year.
“It won’t be a permanent sea level rise, like we’re in Neverland,” he says
nice. because the people that will live on the floodplain can just take a 60 day vacation and come back and build a new house every year. and neverland? what peter pan did he read? - inactive, on 02/08/2009, -11/+21Since ground zero hasn't been submerged as predicted. I call *****.
- inactive, on 02/08/2009, -7/+17Pedophiles?
pedobear? - Biscuitz, on 02/08/2009, -3/+13The only reason people here do not care, is because they have nothing to that country. However, my boyfriend is Thai, and has family there. It's a little different perspective when you have some caring thought into something. What if this were going to happen to your hometown? Where you live? Would you say the same thing?
- inactive, on 02/08/2009, -2/+12I'm a hard man and this makes me humble.
- Pheser, on 02/08/2009, -0/+10They should come to my country and see how we do it. Half of The Netherlands is below sealevel.
- scooterbaga, on 02/08/2009, -6/+16...Wait. There aren't any buildings over 5 feet tall in Bangkok?
- absurdist, on 02/08/2009, -0/+9I'm a humble man and this makes me hard.
- imagefrozen, on 02/08/2009, -0/+8fraid not. though it would be funny to see long cubes popping out of the water... that would make an awesome tourist destination.
- palehorse864, on 02/08/2009, -0/+8Ya seen one crowded, polluted, sunken town...
... I get my kicks above the waterline sunshine. - TheAbsintheHare, on 02/08/2009, -0/+8I believe he was making reference to "a massive dike"
- tgc1, on 02/08/2009, -5/+13"So you see, what has to be done is you all need to give me your money. I've got carbon credits. They'll save the world."
- hjlgz154573, on 02/08/2009, -0/+6Oh~~the future water earth is coming
- fr0mundacheese, on 02/08/2009, -8/+15no, he'll just convince them that higher taxes are the answer
- OriginalLucid1, on 02/08/2009, -1/+8The motion to call ***** has been moved and seconded. All in favor say Aye, all opposed say Nay.
Aye - 13letterslong, on 02/08/2009, -0/+7Technically, the sun will expand and engulf the Earth...
Anything on the surface would quite certainly be dead, burned away or extremely hot, but the planet itself would actually continue to orbit, within the outer layers of the expanded Sun.
At least until it moves out of the Red Giant phase, blows off those outer layers and re-collapses into a White Dwarf. - Biscuitz, on 02/08/2009, -1/+7My boyfriend who has family over there... >.>
- alankem, on 02/08/2009, -1/+7Nothing better happen to the holy ground, Amsterdam.
- anarcurt, on 02/08/2009, -0/+5The real issue seems to be the fact that the city is sinking. This would happen regardless of polar melting.
- Sublex, on 02/08/2009, -3/+8Cool. Modern day Atlantis.
- ted510, on 02/08/2009, -0/+5Wow way to make a joke, I guess war in Iraq and Afghanistan and Israel is just "population control" right? And the tsunami and hurricane as well? Lols right?
- Ferretman, on 02/08/2009, -1/+6Aye.
- DirtyVicar, on 02/08/2009, -0/+5$2.8 billion? That's it, to protect a big chunk of Thailand? This is kind of like that villain in Austin Powers asking for a million dollars.
- scamper22, on 02/08/2009, -1/+5Whatever your views on global warming, the rise of sea levels is a real danger. Many scientists even say we cannot halt the process at this point.
In terms of priorities. I'd say building more levies and flood protection should come well before any other project. All these green projects are probably not even going to stop the rise in sea levels in the next 100 years. So let's put most of our resources in flood protection. - thelastcivilian, on 02/08/2009, -0/+4I get all wet just thinking about it.
- dirtydunn, on 02/08/2009, -1/+5Aye
- strictnein, on 02/08/2009, -0/+3That's a huge bitch?
- bobbknight, on 02/08/2009, -0/+3New Orleans is sinking and I don't want to swim.
- flibblesan, on 02/08/2009, -0/+3I care!
- Gary Glitter - Xylery, on 02/08/2009, -1/+4The animation looks pretty silly.
Venice has Bangkok to join her in sinking now! - inactive, on 02/09/2009, -0/+3Don't worry, we are going to build a bunch of cars that run off of grass clippings. Which clearly, is the logical way to prevent such an "imminent" attack.
- stuffradio, on 02/08/2009, -1/+4Aye
- justinp, on 02/08/2009, -1/+4Sounds dangerous. You know, like that movie... Face Off.
- xGORDOx, on 02/08/2009, -2/+5According to the Goracle, New York is supposed to already be underwater, so I'm willing to bet Bangkok will be just fine.
- huniper, on 02/08/2009, -0/+3YOU, my friend, are a moron.....
- dbzssj44676, on 02/08/2009, -1/+4When your house/business gets flooded repeatedly, you move.
- orville1151, on 02/09/2009, -0/+3I don't think you can call global warming "so called".
Global warming is a fact. What is causing it is still up for debate, but not that it is occurring. At least that is my understanding. -
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