Today I saw Chris Dumas, an old friend from grad school who helped me paint the (sorely-missed) Toyota pickup I had in my Berkeley days. I also had the pleasure of meeting John Whitehead of the famed env-econ blog.
As far as business was concerned: I learned that the way to think about a comprehensive analysis of the potential economic impacts to North Carolina from sea-level rise is to: (1) pretend climate doesn't change at the same time sea-levels rise, even though climate change causes sea-levels to rise; (2) pretend North Carolina is the only place in the world that will be affected by sea-level rise; and (3) pretend prices for everything will stay the same.
I also learned that the first thing that comes to mind to North Carolina agriculture folks when thinking about problems associated with a 4 ft. sea-level rise is encroachment of residential development on agricultural lands.
That is all.
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