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Sinking cities
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07-06-2025, 03:45 PM
Around the world, some cities are sinking. Almost 76 million people live in cities which subsided at least 1cm a year
https://www.bbc.com/news/resources/idt-1...e34e226e43
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
07-06-2025, 05:13 PM
(07-06-2025, 04:27 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Auckland. Oddly, no Kiwi cities listed - & we're only just on the map.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
07-06-2025, 05:19 PM
New Zealand rarely features in stuff like this, but -
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/stor...em-sooner/ 
08-06-2025, 06:21 AM
greenpeace are full of shit
The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other people’s money
08-06-2025, 08:52 AM
Well, I wouldn't go sailing on any of their ships then. You'd need way too many pegs.
08-06-2025, 09:17 AM
(08-06-2025, 06:21 AM)heisenberg Wrote: greenpeace are full of shit Highly unlikely, since their delivery rate of crap is still incredible (plus a lot). ;-) Entropy is not what
it used to be.
08-06-2025, 09:19 AM
R2x1, where have you been?
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
08-06-2025, 10:10 AM
Considering most if not all of those cities are located on alluvial soils and often on deltas subsidence is hardly surprising.
08-06-2025, 10:17 AM
Cities are where they are for a reason, usually safe from attack, but vulnerable to nature.
In and out of jobs, running free
Waging war with society
08-06-2025, 10:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-06-2025, 10:38 AM by Oh_hunnihunni.)
(08-06-2025, 09:17 AM)R2x1 Wrote:(08-06-2025, 06:21 AM)heisenberg Wrote: greenpeace are full of shit  Oh gods! Now I'm in trouble - TWO of them!!   (08-06-2025, 10:17 AM)Zurdo Wrote: Cities are where they are for a reason, usually safe from attack, but vulnerable to nature. Trade routes. The almighty dollar rules our communities...
08-06-2025, 03:13 PM
(08-06-2025, 10:37 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote:(08-06-2025, 09:17 AM)R2x1 Wrote: Highly unlikely, since their delivery rate of crap is still incredible (plus a lot). ;-)
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)
R2x1 is from PressF1, a highly esteemed member and is most definitely on the side of common sense and critical thinking with a touch of caustic humour.
Did you not notice the winking eye emoji?
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
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