Seriously
I've been looking for information about what I've figured out is the Deltawerken: I want to see this grand engineering to keep the water out. I'm learning things, but how to see things is not one of the things I've learned, yet.
But. Seriously -- the Pacific Islands. What are we going to do? The sea will rise under every scenario that we can imagine. It's only a question of how far and how fast. Many of the islands become really uninhabotable with quite modest rises.
For purposes of manufacturing labels and passports, a surprising number of these islands belong to the United States, though they get no representation in Congress (do the people there pay federal taxes?) and apparently federal work safety and wage laws do not apply. For purposes of disaster relief and relocation, do these islands belong to the US? Are their inhabitants guaranteed any attention from Washington at all?
Seriously, again, I can't see dikes and waterworks being built for all these little islands. Where will the people go?
I think if I were a Pacific Islander, I'd be leaving now, so my children and grandchildren would not be refugees.
But. Seriously -- the Pacific Islands. What are we going to do? The sea will rise under every scenario that we can imagine. It's only a question of how far and how fast. Many of the islands become really uninhabotable with quite modest rises.
For purposes of manufacturing labels and passports, a surprising number of these islands belong to the United States, though they get no representation in Congress (do the people there pay federal taxes?) and apparently federal work safety and wage laws do not apply. For purposes of disaster relief and relocation, do these islands belong to the US? Are their inhabitants guaranteed any attention from Washington at all?
Seriously, again, I can't see dikes and waterworks being built for all these little islands. Where will the people go?
I think if I were a Pacific Islander, I'd be leaving now, so my children and grandchildren would not be refugees.