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pinkmuffinere 6 hours ago

I wonder how coastal they intend to be. They make a lot of claims about repairing the wetlands and coastal regions, but a lot of it is likely going to be underwater in the next 25 years because of rising sea levels [0], regardless of how many wetlands are repaired. And I suspect infrastructure like this probably has to be usable for something like 100 years to payoff. Maybe they're actually going to build inland, where the eventual coast will be?

[0] https://www.klfy.com/louisiana/interactive-map-shows-which-p...

kulahan 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This was my question as well. If they’re as close to the shore as the picture makes it seem, they’ll be underwater with the first Cat 1 they come across, and huge cat 5s are becoming more and more common as time goes on. I wouldn’t want to invest here because how will you keep those 200 foot tall structures standing in 150 mph wind??

johnisom2001 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There are levees and other tech that has existed for centuries and millenia to stave off flooding.

YetAnotherNick 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> infrastructure like this probably has to be usable for something like 100 years to payoff

I don't think so. Likely the pad with last 10 years max.

In any case, I highly doubt that but in any case sea level is almost certainly going to rise below a meter. Filling a meter higher with sand is a pocket change for this project.