A Common Sense Transition To Adaptation! by Johnnie Buttram
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They were only small islands in the rising sea - mere footprints in the sand - without food, water, and shelter - soon to be forgotten!
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Summary
SAFELY ADDRESSING LOCAL AND REGIONAL ADAPTATION!
Research has reported the past year that sea level rise is 1.4 inches
above the 1983 to 2010 average.
The IPCC estimates the sea level rise could be 6.6 feet (2 meters) by
2100.
As the oceans continue to rise due to ice melt and thermal expansion,
many agree that no later than 2070, over 150 million residents will be
exposed to coastal flooding with lost revenue exceeding $35 Trillion
(USD).
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A rise of just 3 feet would submerge the eleven islands of Kiribati,
Maldives, Seychelles, Torres Strait Islands, Tegua, Solomon, Micronesia,
Palau, Carteret Islands, Tivalu, and Bangladesh which would make them
un-inhabitable.
Many scientists fear the inexorable advancement of the rising seas will
submerge the Florida Keys and their exotic crown jewell, Key West.
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Super storm Sandy of 2012 is an example of the devastating effects
rising sea levels can cause when mixed with a perfect storm.
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According to Nabil Ismail, professor of Coastal Engineering at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa, stated that Super storm Sandy sent a
storm surge of 4-5 m onto New Jersey's and New York's barrier island
and urban shorelines, estimated at $70 billion in damage.
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If we consider the reasonable axiom that "so goes the islands, so goes
the planet", we must address three realities.
(1) With ample food, water, and shelter . . there is NORMALCY!
(2) With limited food, water, and shelter . . there is ADAPTATION!
(3) With-out food, water, and shelter . . there is MIGRATION and
CHAOS!
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Category of the action
Mitigation/Adaptation, Changing public attitudes about climate change
What actions do you propose?
This SAFE and EFFECTIVE, common sense transition to adaptation
project is focused to provide the unique tools our planetary
researchers and inventors need to reduce the impacts of coastal
flooding . . while simultaneously creating fish stock, food pods, and
clean energy.
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(1) REDUCING the IMPACTS of STORM SURGE and COASTAL
FLOODING.
Strategically position, easy to handle, polyethylene conduits
72"inch diameter or larger) drilled or perforated with small holes
and filled with sand and custom blends on the coastal areas of
mainland countries, islands, and lake shores . . prone to storm
surge, coastal flooding, and ocean acidity.
The estimated cost of 72" diameter polyethylene conduit is $320
per lineal foot.
1/4 mile - 1320 feet x's $320 ='s $422,400
1/2 mile - 2640 feet x's $320 ='s $844,800
1 mile - 5280 x's $320 ='s $1,689,600
The above prices of $320 per lineal foot of 72" diameter
polyethelene conduit do not factor in the cost and variables of
freight and labor associated with the application.
These costs will fluctuate from location to location.
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(2) EXPANDING FISH STOCK.
If these conduits are also to be used for expanding fish stock
development, access ports may be used to refill these conduits
with a prescriptive blend of sand and nutrients to encourage
marine growth and sustainability.
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(3) REDUCING OCEAN ACIDITY USING WEATHERIZATION.
We may also use conduits (drilled or perforated with small holes
and access ports) to refill prescriptive blends of sand and
limestone materials using the ebb and flow of the ocean to help
neutralize the acidity devastating our coral reefs.
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(4) MANUFACTURING FOOD PODS FOR HUMAN SUSTENANCE.
The huge conduits are filled with a prescriptive blend of sand and
nutrients where food pods with evolved mechanisms that allow
them to survive in saline conditions are inserted conducive to
intercropping and maximum growth patterns in local and regional
areas.
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(5) PRODUCING CLEAN ENERGY.
Mount easy to install and replace wind turbines on the coastal
conduits to help provide clean energy and essentials to the local
communities.
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THE FLEXIBILITY OF THIS TRANSITION TO ADAPTATION
APPLICATION IS ESPECIALLY DESIGNED TO BE MODIFIED,
CONNECTED, SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL
AREAS.
Who will take these actions?
Governments, institutions, collations, consortiums, Non-profit
Organizations (NPOs), Non-government Organizations (NGOs) and
individuals concerned about the welfare of everyone on Planet Earth.
Where will these actions be taken?
Strategic locations on Planet Earth who need adaptation to neutralize
migration.
What are other key benefits?
Anytime governments, groups, and individuals will step forward to
proactively respond to the greater good as caretakers of Planet
Earth, we have the hope of a tomorrow for those within our
responsibility.
What are the proposal’s costs?
The objective is to lease and contract machinery and personnel
locally if possible.
All projects may be scaled up or down contingent upon
requirements and affordability.
If we will proactively apply prudent innovation in local and regional
projects, we may achieve safe and effective benefits.
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The main advantage of a seawall is that it provides a degree of
protection against coastal flooding and erosion.
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The approximate cost of a low-end buffer boundary to reduce
erosion between the sea and the land like a Rubble Mound of
Boulders will run around $150 USD per lineal foot.
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The approximate cost of an engineered and better constructed
seawall, designed to reflect and scatter ocean energy, will cost
approximately $3,000 USD per lineal foot.
Costs will vary contingent on the vertical height of the wall
structure.
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The estimated cost of 72" diameter polyethylene conduit is $320
USD per lineal foot.
This cost does not factor in the cost and variables of freight and
labor associated with the application - which will fluctuate from
location to location.
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Time line
Progress begins when one individual has a simple discussion with a
friend about their abilities to make a difference.
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Action begins when they have a discussion about a possible solution.
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The time line here depends on how many of us will seek and
embrace enough of the responsibility to make a difference.
If our planetary leaders continue thinking "inside-the-box",
declining to be connected, choosing the indecision of business as
usual, Planet Earth will inevitably succumb to our vices and
superficial reasoning.
If we FAIL in our attempt to provide the economical and
environmental sustainability to peacefully find continuity . .
humanity will pay a huge price for the social upheaval and chaos of
adaptation and migration tomorrow!
Related proposals
Global plan, "Strategically Transitioning To Global Adaptation!"
Geoengineering," CO2 Enhancement Process."
Communicating Coastal Risk and Resilience,"Coastal Reef, Barrier, and Fish Development on a Shoestring Budget!"
Adaptation to Climate Change,"SAFELY ADDRESSING ADAPTATION ON A GLOBAL SCALE!"
References
Websites:
The Fine Line Between Adaptation and Migration!
Cloudtec is a net envirionmental, pollution removal and cooling process!
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Additional information concerning polyethylene conduits may be
found at . . .
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My Cavalier Transition To Adaptation!
Fourteen years ago . . I was 57 and telling everyone who would listen . . I
believed we could have a better world by exchanging the excesses of
today for the essentials of tomorrow.
When our daughter and son finally became adults and no longer lived at
home, I persuaded my wife (a retired teacher) to help me build a small
cabin off-the-grid in the Kiamichi Mountains of Oklahoma.
I repeatedly told her that all we had to do was exchange those things we
took for granted and retain the essentials.
We moved into our cabin with the ESSENTIALS OF FOOD, WATER,
and SHELTER . . in 2000.
There was no electricity, no AC. We used propane to cool our food,
cook, and heat. When our well was dry, we hauled water. We used a
solar panel to charge our phone and computer batteries.
Due to labor intensity, health issues, and the lifetime teaching skills of my
wife who repeatedly reminded me that living outside our comfort zone
was more of a challenge than what I had anticipated . . we moved back
to the grid in 2010.
I immediately turned on the AC - took a long shower and went to bed.
As a researcher and inventor, I viewed this 10 year journey as an
opportunity to help me evaluate three realities!
(1) With ample food, water, and shelter . . there is NORMALCY!
(2) With limited food, water, and shelter . . there is ADAPTATION!
(3) Without food, water, and shelter . . there is MIGRATION &
CHAOS!
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This ten year project, also, helped us realize that if Planet Earth
was thrust into a situation where the essentials of food, water, and
shelter were no longer available . . the chaos of mass migration in
a lawless world could become a planetary nightmare of life and
death.
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Please believe me when I say that Planet Earth needs serious
medicine!
By:
Johnnie Buttram
