Meanwhile the rich take advantage of the rising water levels, MOVING onto superyachts & forever cruiseships (for one last journey).

Did we read the same article? At least this cruise ship is certainly not for only the rich.

From the article: "For former school teacher Lane, the Odyssey is a retirement plan."

Are we calling former school teachers "the rich" now?

She did the math and figured living on the ship was more affordable

I did some quick math too and she's probably right. Lets say she's married (double occupancy room on the ship). She and her husband are paying $2500/month per person for five years of fully paid housing, utilities, food and alcohol. That's less than just rent in a regular one bedroom apartment LA or NYC.

Jfc I had no idea it was that much fuel

Different source, but non-paywall version.

There are also sailing hipies on 5- 10k boats out there trying to live cheap, living their dreams (and trying to avoid orcas)

Depressingly this is probably a way to ensure better treatment than any care home would give you and may not even cost much more. Have known someone do some cruising in retirement, but the ship was wind powered and made of wood.

Climate collapse is happening in front of our eyes, and these bozos have nothing better to do… sigh.

Breaking News: the most selfish people you know, inventing new ways to be selfish.

Fuck leaving any money around for your kids. Give it all to the giant corporations

Yeah, what the fuck does a retired old lady care about climate change

Easy to take down once the water wars start.

the people who do this remind of me of multiple scifi stories & tv shows where characters do something like this; especially doctor who.

it's fitting that most of them are dystopic in tone because it matches our reality.

Once people is all in, monthly price will skyrocket... It's always the same.

As a startup it's nice, then scales and has to become profitable.

Hopefully in the process will destroy any retirement alternative by price dumping.