Quote Originally Posted by ThisYouWillDo View Post
Holland would be in the shadow of the sea wall until after midday!
Hate to tell you this, TYWD, but Hollands sea wall is generally on the WEST side of the country. They would get plenty of morning sun. Sunset, on the other hand, would tend to come rather early.

according to the American University's figures, an 8 or 9 foot rise by 2100 is the best we can hope for.
Then we don't have anything to worry about. The Mayan calender says that the world will end in the year 2012, less than five years from now.

On a more serious note, though, there's been some talk here about the costs of mitigating the rising sea levels, such as building sea walls. But aside from the financial costs involved, which I agree would be prohibitive, the energy costs would do even more damage. All those construction materials which will have to be manufactured, then transported, and all the tools which will have to be built to construct these structures, will all add to the problem, don't you think?