These Libs are whacked.
Posted on 07/07/2008 12:19:19 PM PDT by Babu
Imagine what life would be like floating around the world on a giant island capable of holding 50,000 people and completely sustaining itself. Well, welcome to "Lilypad City."
Designed like a lily pad, the innovation by award-winning Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut could be used as a permanent refuge for those whose homes have been covered by water in the future.
"I think trying to accommodate the millions of people left homeless by environmental changes will prove to be one of the great challenges of the 21st century," he told the Daily Mail. "Some countries spend billions of pounds working on making their beaches and dams bigger and stronger. But the Lilypad project is actually a long-term solution to the problem of the water rising. The goal is to create a harmonious coexistence of humans and nature."
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These Libs are whacked.
HAHAHAHAHA What are these ignoramuses smokin?
The only way to get to "Lilypad City" is to lick a toad.
Earth to Greenies: “The Jetsons” is NOT a documentary !
Wouldn’t 50,000 sets of luggage be far, far cheaper?
These things would be fun in a hurricane!
This global warming has been going on for quite a while now — which cities have been flooded out so far (and NOLA doesn’t count)?
If you build them, the libs will come!
This might help people in New Orleans and Miami, but I can’t quite see it as affordable for the millions in Bangladesh.
So, lets see if I follow this... we can’t put an oil rig out of sight over the horizon from the shore due to the view, but cities would welcome these monstrosities parking off the coast? Got it.
So what will the greenies do with the sewer flow ... just dump it out the bottom of the lilypad?
Doesn’t sound very “green”
What happens why they float to under 66 Degrees South Latitude?
What happens why they float to under 66 Degrees South Latitude?
Homer Simpson has the best plan of all- living under the sea, swimming and eating shrimp to his hearts content.
Um, anyone know what a “roque wave” is?
Looks like a great place to be during a hurricane.
I think you mean a “rouge” wave.
heehee.
The sea isn't going to rise, even if all the ice in the world melts. Al Gore's film is pure fiction-fantasy.
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