Climate change may cost Florida $345 billion a year: study ( by 2100 )

Reuters ^ | Nov 28, 2007 | Michael Peltier

[george76]

If nothing is done to combat global warming, two of Florida's nuclear power plants, three of its prisons and 1,362 hotels, motels and inns will be under water by 2100, a study released on Wednesday said.

In all, Florida could stand to lose $345 billion a year in projected economic activity by 2100 if nothing is done to reduce emissions that are viewed as the main human contribution to rising global temperatures, according to the Tufts University study.

The status quo, the climate that we have right now, is not an available option unless we act immediately," said Frank Ackerman, a professor at Tufts' Global Development and Environmental Institute and co-author of the study.

"Doing something may seem expensive, but doing nothing will be more expensive."

Ackerman predicted a temperature increase of 10 degrees Fahrenheit, lower rainfall, more severe hurricanes and seas rising by as much as 45 inches because of climate change.

A New York-based environmental group, Environmental Defense, commissioned the Tufts study.

[jch10]

I wonder if my house can be put up on pilings.....

[jimfree]

The uncertainty contained in a 5 or 10 year economic forecast is quite large. Combining 93-year economic and climate forecasts as though predicting tomorrow’s noon hour temperature creates a new height for me in irresponsible journalism.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

This settles it. We only have to wait 93 more years before this global warming nonsense is disproved.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Worse than that: His paper (press release about his paper) on the Tufts web site claims to have +20 inches by 2050 and +45 inches by 2100 - and that little bit is in his worst case, if-nothing-is-done-case about GW.

So, will less than 2 feet “flood” anything at all?

Nonsense: The power plants (and prisons by the way) are well above +4 ft above sea level - even the road A1A on the beach islands, Atlantic side is HIGHER than +4 feet! (The nuclear plant is over +16 FEET - at its extreme low point in the parking lot, and flood barriers/wave barriers go higher than that up to the building.

Further, the “economist” is ignoring the +12% to +26% INCREASE in plant life and food/feed crops made possible by today’s increased CO2!

The enviro’s “bought & wrote” a totally bogus story - for hype.

[Paladin2]

Highest point Britton Hill[2] 345 ft (105 m) - Mean 98 ft (30 m)

Wikipedia

Don't look now, but Fla is sinkin' fast. 2 ft in just a few hours.

[thackney]

Wikipedia

Would you like it to sink another 2 ft? Just change it. Anyone can in Wikipedia.

[Paladin2]

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/UW268

How 'bout this:

"Florida's mean elevation is sea level."?

[thackney]

The higher elevations in the Panhandle and along Florida's central ridge are believed to represent ancient coastal terraces 5-25 million years old.

Did the dinosaur's SUVs cause this past flooding?

[citizen]

Hey, it’s almost 2008! 2100 will be here before you know it.

[Holicheese]

I thought it was 10 years (20 years ago) and now its 2100?
What do I care, I will be dead!

[Holicheese]

I will bet $50 that Mr.Frank Ackerman can not give me the correct forcast within 5 degrees two weeks out and he is telling me what it will be in 2100?

[Carbonado]

One more question that will never be asked by the MSM.

[longtermmemmory]

Was FL underwater in the previous warm climates?

Or does Reuters want to reunited the continents too?

If it is Reuters, ITS WRONG!