The transmitter and receivers Energous brings to my office can send power to two devices that require less than 10 watts of power at a distance of up to 15 feet; eventually, Energous says, it will be able to charge more gadgets at a time.
This debate about whether there will be 1 or 2 meters of sea level rise by 2100, however, pales in comparison to the numbers for the long-term outlook. The last time the planet was steadily 2 degrees C warmer than pre-industrial times, some 120,000 years ago, sea levels were 5 to 10 meters higher than today.
In general, most of the studies in Table 9.9 loresee a sea level rise ol somewheic between 10cm and 30cm over the next four decades. This represents a rate of rise that is significantly faster than that experienced, on average, over the last 100 years.