> I'd guess that if people knew then what they know now, they'd do things differently or not do them. How I wish that were true. Many problems of humanity are

> I'd guess that if people knew then what they know now, they'd do things differently or not do them. How I wish that were true. Many problems of humanity are very predictable - climate change is an easy one, but probably we can all think of some problems in the tech industry - and yet people do it anyway. If it were true, we wouldn't fight any wars. > If the coastline changes were significantly caused by climate change/rising sea levels then the other Gulf coast states would have problems too. That's not how it works. There is a lot of coastline in the world and the effect of climate change varies greatly. Look at just the East Coast of the U.S.: Miami is facing big problems; New Jersey is seeing some problems; New York is not (yet). Holland, with its low-lying reclaimed land, is likely to face problems long before the cliffs of Dover.