• bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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    Iirc they working on it, they basically have inflatable pontoons or something like that that they put beneath the foundation of each building and raise them up, then drive new pylon/post supports into the bedrock. They were working on that when I was there in 2018, and as far as I know that’s still the game plan. Essentially they have to raise the entire city above the projected increasing high tide line.

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      Venice will be a lesson on unrestrained greed. The city administration is influenced by business owners and various profiteers who’d rather gain an euro today at the cost of their city’s future, rather than take the necessary steps to guarantee its survival and continued benefit to humanity.

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        “influenced by business owners and various profiteers who’d rather gain an euro capital today at the cost of their city’s species’ future”

        We have humanity’s epitaph.

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      They also added the lagoon gates, which raise these massive floatation barriers to keep the tide from overwhelming the lagoon.