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Cash In on Global Warming

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Posted on Apr 13, 2007
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Why worry about preventing the climate crisis when you can profit from it? An online gambling site received more than 3,000 bets in three days on whether or when major U.S. landmarks will be flooded. Most are banking on Manhattan being underwater by 2011.

AP via Yahoo!:

An online gambling service has started taking bets on global warming, including whether it can submerge some of the East Coast’s top vacation spots.

The odds that Virginia’s Cape Henry will be under water by 2015—200-to-1 at BetUs.com. Its odds for Cape Hatteras flooding by the same date—300-to-1.

Don’t bet on it, says Phil Roehrs, a coastal engineer for the city of Virginia Beach. Roehrs said although sea levels are rising along the East Coast, scientists are not predicting anywhere near the levels and dates provided by the gambling service.

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By G, April 20, 2007 at 8:46 am #
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How can we be causing global warming, when a volcano erups it puts out more polution in 1/2 an hour then we do in our intire history. There is over 200 known active volcanos.

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By Mark, April 15, 2007 at 6:05 am #
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I’m beginning to think, we will get what we deserve.

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By DennisD, April 14, 2007 at 12:24 pm #
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Bet on “carbon credits” making money for Al Gore - that’s a sure thing. So many things to worry about and so little time.

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By Tom Doff, April 13, 2007 at 8:25 pm #
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Real estate is still a great investment for the future, in the event there happens to be one.

Smart money is buying mountain land. Real smart money is not trying to predict the exact level that will result in ocean-front land, with the waves lapping on you own private rock beach. Real smart money is going for anything over 2000 feet above current sea level, being fairly sure you won’t end up with the proverbial swamp land.

Remember, get a lot when you’re young! All those folks in Newport, Newport Beach, Palm Beach, the Costa Brava, etc., will be looking for new residences soon.

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