Inhab zones

That's silly Traveler, there have always been places on earth man cannot survive without support systems. You can't stand at the bottom of the Marians trench, even if supersquid is over the moon down there, or stand at the peak of Everest without oxygen unless, of course, you were John Krakauer, Mako said with a certain air of satisfaction.

The fact that we can wrap ourselves in a protective bubble doesn't mean that spot on the earth is habitable, Traveler replied evenly. Let me show you something. Traveler used the presence generator he got from Gizmo to project an ubiquity mode 3D image of a slowly spinning earth, highlighting areas of interest with a blue laser pointer. The red spots are areas that are inhospitable to human life at density. I don't highlight the oceans, but am marking the areas that have already been abandoned to rising oceans, such as Kiribati, Miami, Ghoramara, Isle de Jean Charles, and Carteret. Of course there is the "hot spot" in Syria, but then people still live near Chenobyl. Here we see the cities that have run out of water, the famous examples are Cape Town and San Antonio, but in California we see Hanford, Merced, and Modesto. Sydney will be a ghost town in a couple years, victim of ambient temperature.

Traveler, sorry to intrude, Mako said interrupting, I am assuming you have a point?

Growing population on the planet, shrinking occupiable space, seems like that could be a source of constriction, Traveler said with an ever so slight smile. But wait, there's more, he said in a late night TV announcer voice. In the last 3 years damage in the US alone from natural disasters set YOY records at a time of unprecedented household, corporate and national debt.

The recipe for the end of life as we know it? Mako shook his head. Yes, things are changing, things always change, but there is so much you are not considering. Just think about the technical advances of the past decade, things we can do affordably today, that were impossible at any price just a few years ago.

Traveler paused, an artifact of being raised by second generation smart speaker personal assistants, he held his wake words in reserve until he had completely thought through the utterance. I'm not here for hand wringing, we are both far too busy for that, I believe my observation and analysis presents a sui generis business opportunity. All those scraggy, grim displaced families have to go somewhere and some of them have means. I propose a members only city, eREIT on steroids, you can't buy property, just shares.

First I've heard of that idea, you care to share any more?

Carbondale Illinois is going to declare bankruptcy tomorrow morning. Average water depth in Crab Orchard lake is about 1 meter and dropping, high crime, opiates, the works. Population has been decreasing for 20 years. eREIT has been buying on the cheap in the area, 2B portfolio, Governor and legislator was ready to deal, they couldn't float a bond if it was made out of helium, streamline evictions, imminent domain.

Mako scratched his chin, you propose to supersize Hot Springs Village, but instead of property owners, they hold shares in an eREIT. And I am guessing you have to have a certain amount to come in out of the black rain. I like it.

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