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51% seems very extreme. Is Silicon Valley living in a bubble? On a side note, Foster City will be flooded with just a 1M [1] rise in sea level 20 years out [2].

1. https://ss2.climatecentral.org/#13/37.5341/-122.3201?show=sa...

2. https://riskfinder.climatecentral.org/state/california.us?co...

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It will take far longer than 20 years for 1m rise in sea level. Even in the very unlikely scenario that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere quadruple, it will take about 250 years. Why panic instead of coming up with feasible solutions?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_level_rise#/media/File:Pro...

That's not true. This graph is "Thermal expansion only" so it doesn't count melting the glaciers at all! According to the worst case predictions from the article it can take ~50 years for 1m rise.

> Is Silicon Valley living in a bubble?

Is that a joke?

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