People will propose pretty much anything because they don’t want to see a rapid phase-out of fossil fuel use. The worse things are, the more out-there the things they propose get to be.

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    I’m fairly certain that there’s not enough frozen water to completely submerge all land, if melted.

    Haven’t looked into estimates in about 10 years, but the estimates back then were just for significant lowlands being lost.

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      correct, the article saying we will lose coast population areas, which make up most of humanity. So we will need to move further inland. man island nations will be lost, Australia will also get an inland sea, Bangladesh will largely be lost, Netherlands will be gone, etc.