Global Warming: Exxon: "We'll adapt. It's an engineering problem"

According the the Daily Tech

"ExxonMobil's CEO defended oil and gas drilling by saying that climate change is something humans can adapt to.

Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO, said issues like climate change, energy dependence and oil/gas drilling are blown out of proportion. He blames a lazy press, illiterate public and fear-mongering advocacy groups for the bad light placed on the oil industry.

Climate change is a controversial topic that has been subjected to much debate. Tillerson said that fossil fuels may cause global warming, but argued that humans can easily adapt to the warmer climate. More specifically, he said that humans can adapt to rising sea levels and climate changes because he doubts the validity of climate modeling, which predicts the magnitude of impact associated with climate change.

"We have spent our entire existence adapting," said Tillerson. "We'll adapt. It's an engineering problem and there will be an engineering solution."

Others, however, disagree with Tillerson's assessment. Andrew Weaver, chairman of climate modeling and analysis at Canada's University of Victoria, said that adapting to climate change would be much harder than just preventing it in the first place.

In addition, adapting to climate change could be much more expensive than preventing it. According to Steve Coll, author of "Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power," adapting to climate change would require moving entire cities. A better alternative would be legislation that slows the process of global warming."
A comment on the article helpfully suggested "I think this guy has the right idea. We need jobs, we have plenty of construction workers, plenty of land, and a rising sea level threatening coastal areas. So lets start expanding inland areas, get business's to move off the coast and take their employees with them. They'd probably save money in the long run with the lower cost of living and real estate inland."

I wonder if you could develop some technology that would just lift entire cities and drop them safely inland, eg move New york to the Great Plains?