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Mattermaker7005and8 t1_iww55zk wrote

Reply to comment by Nipsmagee in Tuvalu starts to digitise their nation as rising seas threaten existence | Tuvalu said on Thursday that it plans to build a digital version of itself, replicating islands and landmarks and preserving its history and culture as rising sea levels threaten to submerge the tiny Pacific nation by imrussellcrowe

Well it’s hard to preserve a island that’s sinking with our technology

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DreamMaster8 t1_iwwe2pl wrote

Tbf you could preserve the nation by building an artificial island. But that a lot of ressources for 11k people living in the middle of nowhere. Not to mention the co2 such project would create wich is ironique.

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Nipsmagee t1_iwx8f8c wrote

There are engineering solutions for holding back the water. Seawalls, levees, etc. It could be done if someone had the money and the will. You're right it would have a large climate footprint... but I think we generate carbon for much more mundane reasons every day without thought. It's just sad and I wish it bothered people more.

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DreamMaster8 t1_iwxc5q2 wrote

It's not that simple. You need to google the island and what it look like. I've never seen such work be done for such a tiny plot of land and it would be very much building an artificiel island on top of the current one.

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