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by newfangle 2402 days ago
>we should be learning to turn every coastal city to Venice

This sounds simpler than reducing greenhouse gasses

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Not really, considering Venice itself is being impacted by rising sea levels.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/15/venice-council...

> Veneto’s regional council rejected a plan to combat climate change minutes before its offices on the Grand Canal, in Venice, were flooded, it has emerged as the city continues to battle high water levels.

Local bureaucracy is simpler to overcome than global bureaucracy which is needed to reduce global greenhouse emissions