She described the coastal flooding simulation as “scary,” but also inevitable.
“It’s there. We have to deal with it. Climate change is a fact of life and those of us with properties on the water have to be sensitive to it,” Scales said.
“Would I buy another waterfront property? Probably not.”
What do you expect them do on an individual or even municipal level? It’s a global issue.
Even if they sell, they would be negligent to not inform future buyers of the future flood risk. People aren’t going to want to buy, and now they stuck with a property that’s eventually going to wash away and they can’t do a thing about it themselves.
To stop driving cars, our governments or private companies have to build alternatives like high speed rail, trams, safe bike lanes and walkable places. Many of us still have to get to our jobs reliably.
I was damn near broke when I moved to my apartment. I had to change cities due to rent prices. I found a central location in the new city but after 8 months of job searching the only hit I got was in a rural area just outside the city. I am very good at this job and the owner respects me so its currently my best employment oppourtunity. I am expected to be on call at times so I cannot rely on the bus service to the rural location. I carpool with another employee when the schedule allows.
Things aren’t as easy to switch as you make it seem. Many of us are forced to drive because that is the world that was built for us. I manage to walk most places I need to in the city and even downtown pedestrians are barely considered in the design of the street. If I must drive somewhere I save those trips for days I’m already commuting.
I’m trying to relocate closer. Rent is higher near my work so it is easier to save here then buy something closer to work.
It is not people’s fault they are reliant on the infrastructure provided or constrained by their field of work/desired salary. The main hwy into the town is packed one way each rush hour. A tram, local rail, or high frequency BRT could help fix that, but theres just a slow, unreliable low frequency bus or drive. Those are the only options.
Some people also must balance their living situations between their family memebers and their workplaces/salaries. It is easier to provide people better options to get around than it is to expect people not to travel.
What do you expect them do on an individual or even municipal level? It’s a global issue.
Supporting policies at the provincial and federal level that would help with the global issue would have been good. I’m guessing support for the carbon tax isn’t any higher in PEI, though, so this is just “leopards eating their face”.
I mean, if we’re handwaving away the human nature of the entire population of PEI, we might as well do the rest of the world too.
In case it wasn’t clear, this wasn’t practical advice. Large groups of people quite often don’t do what they should. This is one of those times. Now we have to live with the consequences.
Now that they cannot have housing when they move because the liberals aren’t incentivizing 3-4 storey apartment buildings with affordable units to buy or rent.
These closing lines… FML
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What do you expect them do on an individual or even municipal level? It’s a global issue.
Even if they sell, they would be negligent to not inform future buyers of the future flood risk. People aren’t going to want to buy, and now they stuck with a property that’s eventually going to wash away and they can’t do a thing about it themselves.
Who’s going to buy them, Ben? Aquaman?
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To stop driving cars, our governments or private companies have to build alternatives like high speed rail, trams, safe bike lanes and walkable places. Many of us still have to get to our jobs reliably.
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I was damn near broke when I moved to my apartment. I had to change cities due to rent prices. I found a central location in the new city but after 8 months of job searching the only hit I got was in a rural area just outside the city. I am very good at this job and the owner respects me so its currently my best employment oppourtunity. I am expected to be on call at times so I cannot rely on the bus service to the rural location. I carpool with another employee when the schedule allows.
Things aren’t as easy to switch as you make it seem. Many of us are forced to drive because that is the world that was built for us. I manage to walk most places I need to in the city and even downtown pedestrians are barely considered in the design of the street. If I must drive somewhere I save those trips for days I’m already commuting.
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I’m trying to relocate closer. Rent is higher near my work so it is easier to save here then buy something closer to work.
It is not people’s fault they are reliant on the infrastructure provided or constrained by their field of work/desired salary. The main hwy into the town is packed one way each rush hour. A tram, local rail, or high frequency BRT could help fix that, but theres just a slow, unreliable low frequency bus or drive. Those are the only options.
Some people also must balance their living situations between their family memebers and their workplaces/salaries. It is easier to provide people better options to get around than it is to expect people not to travel.
But even if they and their country do everything right, the rest of world may (isn’t) and it’s going to be more or less the same anyways.
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Supporting policies at the provincial and federal level that would help with the global issue would have been good. I’m guessing support for the carbon tax isn’t any higher in PEI, though, so this is just “leopards eating their face”.
But even if they and their country do everything right, the rest of world may (isn’t) and it’s going to be more or less the same anyways.
I mean, if we’re handwaving away the human nature of the entire population of PEI, we might as well do the rest of the world too.
In case it wasn’t clear, this wasn’t practical advice. Large groups of people quite often don’t do what they should. This is one of those times. Now we have to live with the consequences.
Now that they cannot have housing when they move because the liberals aren’t incentivizing 3-4 storey apartment buildings with affordable units to buy or rent.
This is a hot take?
Pylons.
I brought my own bag to the supermarket a couple times.