Posted on 04/05/2019 9:02:19 AM PDT by PROCON
A company called Oceanix is building a prototype floating island as an experimental solution for crowded coastal cities threatened by climate change, the company told the United Nations habitat program Wednesday.
Such buoyant islands would be linked together into floating, self-sustaining cities that rise with sea levels and are built to withstand hurricanes, according to a group of architects, engineers and developers who met at the U.N. headquarters. The prototype will be a small-scale version that could be ready within months, said Marc Collins Chen, an entrepreneur and former French Polynesian politician who founded Oceanix.
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Kevin Costner for mayor.
As everyone knows the value of coastal real estate has plummeted around the world due to climate change-—right?
I’ll vote for him. Even it it’s not my city. LOL! The doomsayers don’t bother to tell people that ‘nyc’ will NOT be under hundreds of feet of water. And crap like this perpetuate the misconception. Warm it up please!
Actually the believe the coastal real estate plunge is due in about 11 1/2 years according to AOC.
Wow, so in the next major war, enemies will be able to wipe out entire cities by sinking them.
“Most Idiotic Headline/Story of the Week.”
Little hint on NEW CMTE 2 B formed with STARTING 10 mILLION $ budget....Will hold mtgs every 2 yrs....
Two words, move Inland.
Hey, concrete floats (AAC - Autoclave Aerated Concrete)
Dear UN.. it’s called an Ark and you are not invited.
Seriously, the hymalayas will melt in 2020, right? In other word, US taxpayer theft in action.
The value might be plunging from the imminent domain cases that cities are bringing to steal beach front property on the Left coast.
Wait for the first crane to fall and damage one ??!
“Making cities likely to tip over”, H. Johnson.
Where has the sea risen? Where?! I have never seen any undeniable sea rise.
I thought we already HAD floating cities.
How large is the crew and supernumeraries on a modern Nimitz class aircraft carrier. It even has its own airport and independent power supply, in the atomic reactor system that powers the ship and desalinates the water supply, and has modern communication systems all up and down the spectrum.
They do have to make a port of call from time to time to replenish perishable and expended supplies, but other than that, they have a very flexible travel schedule, and the wide range of climatic conditions in the world make seeking out the most optimal place to relocate into a much more straightforward task.
George P. Bush is doing that in Texas.
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