Ted has now confessed that was “hyperbole” (a damned socialist lie) to draw attention to Earth’s oceans.
Socialists lie. Always.
If the oceans are such a threat, maybe we should just dredge them deeper, and pay for it with all the concretions (ball-like lumps for those in Rio Linda) of metallic ore in the ooze.
Pile the dredgings up in one place, and it looks a lot like new land.
"Suuuuure," you say, and start citing logistical problems, and the sheer scale needed to even be noticable; but, the real value would be watching Enviro heads explode over the mere proposal.