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The dykes needed would require massive civil engineering projects and expensive pumps as mentioned in OA (the bit about New Orleans). That needs coordination at a regional level and I gather from the OA that the required consensus does not exist.

I think you have a point in the sense that building a consensus may require a tacit agreement not to mention global warming, but simply to look at the frequency of flooding in specific areas (which will show a rise) and the inland creep of the 'potable water contour'. I'm saying agree about the phenomena and agree to disagree about the cause.



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