Here are a couple of articles in Pravda that are worth a look, especially in light of the latest wildfires out west...and the not insignificant drought in the southeast.
In short, the articles suggest that long term climate change carries with it not just the threat of rising oceans, but DIMINISHING supplies of fresh water, which, particularly out west, could have catastrophic consequences. Additionally, low water levels up in the Great Lakes place restrictions on trade and commerce (lower water levels mean ships have to carry less cargo).
That said, it doesn't necessarily doom any particular region; however, any sort of long-term program of mitigation will require an significant investment of public funds...just as a significant investment of public funds is needed along the Gulf Coast, in our case to hold back the water.
You know, you could probably go pretty much anywhere in the country and find the same thing--projects that doubtless could improve the quality of life for ourselves and our descendents are waiting to be started. All that's needed is the will to begin.
And perhaps the intelligence to avoid unecessarly wars.
As a citizen of the United States--and not just Louisiana, or the Gulf Coast, or whatever--I'm more than willing to see public funds spent on quality projects all across the country. After all, California's fate--or Nevada's, or Atlanta's, or Oswego's--is my fate, just as New Orleans' fate is the country's, too.
Or is the concept of "American" no longer applicable?
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