Myth: The motor car is the ultimate freedom machine

On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 1:42:57 AM UTC-5, Your Name wrote:
> In article >,
> Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
> > wrote:

> > Great ideas.
> >
> > Free trolleys:
> >
> >
> > http://www.miamiherald.com/news/loca...-beach/article
> > 2206300.html
> >
> > $350,000 restoration of water fountain:
> >
> > http://www.miamiherald.com/news/loca...le2829510.html
> >
> > All paid by the taxpayer. Climate change and hurricanes are the only hope.
>
> The Auckland City Council and New Zealand Government want to build a
> "second" (it's the third - the numskulls can't even count!) which is
> planned to be tunnels. Not only is it in a pointlessly silly location
> right next to the existing bridge, but the entry / exit of the tunnels
> at both ends are on land reclaimed from the sea, so as sea levels rise
> will simply be flooded again.
>
> There's the same issue with the silly underground railway they are
> planning to build as well which starts on the same reclaimed land near
> the waterfront.
>
> Brains in high places simply don't exist. :-\

The only solution our brilliant mayor has found is to install some expensive pumps to pump out the water, but as the sea rises, where will he pump it to?

I think this is the area that faces the greatest catastrophe in the world. But unlike the Seychelles, our mayor doesn't even address the issue.