Critique the location and sustainability of the village of Kivalina and recommend a solution for its inhabitants.
Kivalina is built in a stupid place. So why is this everyone problem? What does it contribute to the state? What infrastructure there is worth saving? The oil money has run out so all of these seasonal hunting camps that people decided to settle in permanently can no longer be subsidized. Nobody in their right mind would buy one of the "houses" there so the real estate market is a bust. Nobody is going to put any money into a business so again, what does Kivalina contribute to the state? The best thing that could happen would be for the Feds to condemn the village, demolish it and let the island return back to nature. The residents could be given X amount of dollars to relocate wherever they choose.