They are obviously really worried about global warming and sea level rise and any other way to scam money out of stupid bankrupt western governments.
http://www.maldivestraveller.mv/
h/t to Scarlet Pumpernickel
Disrupting the Borg is expensive and time consuming!
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they are not doing the scamming.
it’s called $$ for votes
Several possibilities-
1- The Maldives thinks catastrophic climate change is the most serious near-term crisis facing the Maldives. They are building the airport to prepare for the massive evacuations needed in a few years as sea level rise passes through an inflection point and nonlinearly rises, just like the CACA’s have foretold.
2- The Maldives thinks catastrophic climate change is a load of hooey. They are building the airport to support future tourism activity and prepare for a world cup bid, using the CACA (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alarmist) scare story to extract funding from the U.S.
3- The Maldives apply the precautionary principle using other peoples’ money. The airport is a floating structure, making it impervious to any future sea level change. The ridiculous cost of such a scheme is not a concern, since other countries are footing the bill through CACA-induced IPCC Climate Reparations Act Payments (CRAP).
Shouldn’t the Maldives be building a port for SAILING SHIPS instead of this huge JetPort which – if they believe what they say – will add to the CO2 and-thus- sea level rise?
Another scam!
Here is some information about atolls and sea level rise.
Human induced factors that can lead to sea water inundation, intrusion and erosion:
Sand mining and gravel extraction for the construction industry
Blasting boat passages
Impacts of recreational divers
Unsustainable over-extraction of fresh water from the lens
See also the State of the Reefs – Pacific [NOAA]
The following is an open letter to the president of the Maldives written in 2010 by Dr. Nils-Axel Mörner. His main points were:
“Let me summarize a few facts.
(1) In the last 2000 years, sea level has oscillated with 5 peaks reaching 0.6 to 1.2 m above the present sea level.
(2) From 1790 to 1970 sea level was about 20 cm higher than today
(3) In the 1970s, sea level fell by about 20 cm to its present level
(4) Sea level has remained stable for the last 30 years, implying that there are no traces of any alarming on-going sea level rise.
(5) Therefore, we are able to free the Maldives (and the rest of low-lying coasts and island around the globe) from the condemnation of becoming flooded in the near future.”
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The Maldives leadership knows about all the above but rely on naive or dishonest activists to perpetuate this massive lie.
Here is some more:
Jimbo:
Thanks for providing links to what I have been saying about the islands.
The Maldives economy has had robust growth averaging close to 8 percent per annum during the last decade.
The Invest Maldives website “Why Invest In Maldives” page says: “The vast untapped potential in natural marine resources and the young, energetic and dynamic workforce are strong inducements to invest in the Maldives.” And: “The Maldives is socially cohesive, with a homogenous population that shares one culture, religion [Islam] and language.” (uh-oh: no diversity!)
See: http://www.appinsys.com/GlobalWarming/ClimateCash.htm#maldives
Why would you invest in a country which is doomed and has doomed marine resources? Is the Maldives leadership playing the American government for the fools that they are?
They certainly are trying to.
@ Steven –
I don’t know if you saw the Guardian article on the Wikileaks thing, but it’s been revealed that the Maldives were bribed by the American government to support their version of a global warming deal, so they were always going to be doing what they were told.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/dec/03/wikileaks-us-manipulated-climate-accord
Obviously, they will put the entire airport on hydraulic jacks so it can be elevated if the sea level goes up.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8291487.stm
Maybe they should build the airport underwater and save money?
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