Bangkok Might Be Moving! Will you?

[LetsCleanUpTHAILAND]

Hi! 

 

As my name suggests, environmentalism is my passion and so I'm very selective of the news that pay attention to - particulary Climate Change and what that means for YOU! 

 

Let's look at the facts. The Gulf of Thailand is rising about 4mm a year. By the year 2050, Bangkok will be underwater and so will other provinces that surround the gulf. 

 

So... it makes you wonder what will happen to Swami Airport, the new Rattanakosin MRT, the new BTS from Rangsit to Amphawa. Can you imagine the new beach line of the future to be in Rangsit? Who's going to take a BTS to the middle of the sea in 2050 (modern Amphawa)? 

 

HOW WILL SURVIVING PROVINCES DEAL WITH THAI AND EXPAT REFUGEES FROM SUBMERGED PROVINCES? Numbers must be in the millions! Can you imagine what will happen to all of that "worthless" real estate and land in Singburi, Lopburi and the other rural "boring" provinces where no one wants to live? I suspect they will become the new Samut Prakan and Bang Na's of Thailand (considering of the waterline of the post-2050 Water World). 

 

Well! The Guardian posted about how Bangkok may be moving. It said:

 

"Like Jakarta, Bangkok is beset by overcrowding, pollution, rising sea levels and heavy traffic congestion. Taking inspiration from neighbouring Myanmar and similar plans being formulated in Indonesia, the Thai prime minister suggested that relocating the capital could help Bangkok overcome its mounting urban challenges.

 

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/30/thailand-pm-considers-moving-capital-as-bangkok-congestion-takes-toll

[PatOngo]

6 minutes ago, LetsCleanUpTHAILAND said:

HOW WILL SURVIVING PROVINCES DEAL WITH THAI AND EXPAT REFUGEES FROM SUBMERGED PROVINCES?

 They will put up prices to profit on the influx!

[cyril sneer]

28 minutes ago, LetsCleanUpTHAILAND said:

particulary Climate Change

stopped reading there

[Beggar]

If I will be moving too in 30 years? That's a really good question. No idea what my Thai girlfriend will do with my urn. 

[Puchaiyank]

Buy a boat...learn to swim!

[jackdd]

50 minutes ago, LetsCleanUpTHAILAND said:

The Gulf of Thailand is rising about 4mm a year. By the year 2050, Bangkok will be underwater and so will other provinces that surround the gulf. 

So building a 50cm high dam arround Bangkok will be good enough for the next 100 years.

I'm quite certain that they will manage to do this if required and Bangkok will not be under water

 

[Youlike]

I can't be bothered, am very tired of environmentalists....

[wasabi]

I am not convinced of climate change but I am convinced of the negative effects of pollution. This is the main thing Thailand needs to address so distributing cosmopolitan versus governmental services across different cities may help alleviate this and if so I'm all for it. They also need to increase non-polluting energy sources. 

[FritsSikkink]

"By the year 2050, Bangkok will be underwater and so will other provinces that surround the gulf."

Half of the Netherlands is below sea level and nothing is under water. What a bunch of nonsense in the OP's post.

 

Edited November 10, 2019 by FritsSikkink