The floating cities that could one day house climate change refugees

Daily Mail ^ | 7/3/2008

[Uncledave]

Pictured: The floating cities that could one day house climate change refugees

An architect has come up with an innovative answer to rising sea levels - a city that floats around the world.

The self-contained 'Lilypad' city will be home to around 50,000 'climate refugees' from the worst hit areas - including London.

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The 'Lilypad' cities would be powered by renewable energy sources

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But now a visionary architect has found a solution which will see people in the affected cities making a new home for themselves on the futuristic-looking Lilypad.

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As land-based cities flood, the Lilypad will be able to float around the world like a giant ship.

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Centred around a lake which collects and then purifies rain water, the Lilypad will drift around the world following the ocean currents and streams.

It will be accessed by three marinas and will also feature three 'mountains' to offer the inhabitants a change of scenery.

Power will be provided through a series of renewable energy sources including solar, thermal, wind energy, hydraulic and a tidal power station.

The city will actually produce much more energy than it consumes and be entirely 'zero-emission' as all the carbon-dioxide and the waste will be recycled.

[Uncledave]

Hysterical.

[Uncledave]

[flying Elvis]

Is it just me, but has anyone else noticed that last summer was mild and this summer has been exceptionally mild?

[wideawake]

This concept will be as financially successful as Waterworld.

[frankiep]

If this isn’t one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen than I don’t know what is.

[Uncledave]

"the Lilypad will drift around the world following the ocean currents and streams."

Oops, hurricane coming - hang on! Oh crap, we're drifting into the Arctic Ocean. Somebody weave some parkas fast.

[Uncledave]

Look closely at the second photo — it’s a big floating Mercedes Benz!

[keithtoo]

What about the Climate Change caused SUPERSTORMS I’ve read about. Won’t these islands be sunk? Oh, well! High taxation will have solved all the world’s problems by then.

[Charlespg]

Now thats just damm silly

LOL

[CindyDawg]

Even if it works....it’s ugly.

[Uncledave]

Hey wait a minute — these things will be filled with 50,000 hippies and liberals floating away to see. I think it needs further study.

[unkus]

Oops, hurricane coming - hang on! Oh crap, we’re drifting into the Arctic Ocean. Somebody weave some parkas fast.

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Hang on——We’ll ride it out like a little duckie. Batton down the furniture.

[ArchAngel1983]

Climate Change Refugees/ ‘Lilypad’ cities/ will also feature three ‘mountains’ to offer the inhabitants a change of scenery. Oh man, I can’t stop laughing…

[Billthedrill]

“Meet George Jetson.”

[flying Elvis]

Not very imaginative, looks like the designer found inspiration from the inflatable water chair floating in his pool. All that is lacking is the beer holder. Then again, these kinds of “ideas” usually seem remarkably prescient when beer is involved.

[Uncledave]

see = sea. Ugh.

[crazyhorse691]

That architect should sue Stargate:Atlantis for stealing his idea before he had a chance to think of it first.

[arderkrag]

Put all the global warming idiots on it, then torpedo it offshore.

[Political Junkie Too]

It looks like the floating chemical dispenser in his pool. :-)

-PJ

[the_devils_advocate_666]

My hunch is they'll need something more like this: