Tuvalu Struggles To Hold Back Tide

BBC ^ | 1-22-2008 | David Shukman

[blam]

I think I read somewhere that they're suing the industrial nations for global warming, etc.

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Tiny Tuvalu Steps up Threat to Sue Australia, U.S.

"SYDNEY - The tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu is stepping up its threat to sue Australia and the United States over their greenhouse gas emissions, saying these are bound to drown the island as warmer global temperatures send sea levels rising. "

[Rb ver. 2.0]

At least their island hasn’t been partially evaporated and radiated by nuclear bombs.

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Oops, here they come!

The First Refugees of Global Warming

[Verginius Rufus]

King Canute, pick up a white courtesy phone, please.

[pnh102]

I wonder if they will sue that volcano under Antarctica.

As for the USA and Australia... perhaps we should just run out the clock, once the island is submerged, they can't sue anyone.

[blam]

"I wonder if they will sue that volcano under Antarctica."

That bit of information does complicate things some...I expect.

[old-ager]

If Tuvalu ceases to exist, will the .TV Internet domain go away?

[BenLurkin]

I thought they sank years ago.

[aaCharley]

Tuvalu is “sinking” because they are pumping the fresh water out from under the island. and doing excavation for building. any number of studies have been done which confirm that there has been about ZERO sea level rise. Because these nutters are yammering about it all the time, it is the first stop for a photo opportunity in any global warming TV piece. It is a crock - very large one.

[cowdog77]

Everyone in the world wants a hand-out. Maybe with our own economic woes at home we’ll quit being Santa to countries who hate us.

[null and void]

I’m in the middle of listening to Crichton’s ‘State of Fear’...

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perhaps we should just run out the clock, once the island is submerged, they can't sue anyone.

Why? No legal standing?

[Wally_Kalbacken]

But with a population of just 11,000 people, will the outside world think it is worthwhile?

No. Just move somewhere else.

[Brucifer]

Legal standing? Apparently just no place to stand at all.

[Centurion2000]

"It makes me feel scared," another woman confesses. "What will happen to us in 10 years' time?"

At a guess, you can breathe water, learn aquaculture, or MOVE.

[null and void]

(yeah, it was a joke...)

[Brucifer]

I rather liked it.

[null and void]

Thank you. I’ll be here all week. Try the veal...

[Ol' Sox]

Sounds like its time for the Tuvaluvians to hop in their outrigger canoes, read some waves and head on out. Honor their heritage, follow in the ways of their ancestors and such. What would these folks do if, say, a typhoon blew a 20 foot storm surge their way?

Personal responsibility seems to have become a lost art. I mean crikey, when saltwater bubbles up out of the ground and forms ponds, its time to think about some practical alternatives aside from suing the US.