[Tommy]

By coincidence, I just heard on NPR a report on the expected effects of global warming on the State of Florida. Parts of it sounded reasonable at first blush. For example, if the oceans rise four feet, two nuclear power plants will be made unusable and billions of dollars of waterfront property will be lost. But, if it takes a hundred years for the water to rise that much, what is the likelihood that a contemporary nuclear power plant would still be there without undergoing the expense equivalent to building a new one somewhere else? And, for every ocean front property lost to rising water, a new waterfront property is created behind it. One land owner loses and one wins. So, will there be so many losers that all of us, including the winners, have to pay for them?