August 04, 2019
Flotsom
Timothy Birdnow
The U.N. is hatching a scheme whereby floating cities will be built in response to "sea level rise" as a result of Global Warming.
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I'm all for it. By all means, build it right outside of the U.N. In fact, move the U.N. into the giant ship, and let it float away, never to be seen again!
These fools have been watching that horrible movie Waterworld too much.
Have they even considered what a city blocking sunlight to the ocean will cause?
The U.N. is hatching a scheme whereby floating cities will be built in response to "sea level rise" as a result of Global Warming.
From the article:
With 90 percent of the world's largest cities vulnerable to inundation as glaciers melt and seas rise on a warming planet, modular platforms anchored to the sea floor could be connected in a ring to house communities atop the oceans, members said.
UN-Habitat, which works on sustainable urban development, will team up with private firm Oceanix, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and The Explorers Club, a professional society, to advance the concept, the coalition announced Wednesday.
As climate change gathers pace and more people crowd into city slums, "floating cities is one of the possible solutions", said UN-Habitat's executive director, Maimunah Mohd Sharif.
The partnership plans to build within months a prototype open to the public, which it hopes to dock on the East River next to U.N. headquarters.
UN-Habitat, which works on sustainable urban development, will team up with private firm Oceanix, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and The Explorers Club, a professional society, to advance the concept, the coalition announced Wednesday.
As climate change gathers pace and more people crowd into city slums, "floating cities is one of the possible solutions", said UN-Habitat's executive director, Maimunah Mohd Sharif.
The partnership plans to build within months a prototype open to the public, which it hopes to dock on the East River next to U.N. headquarters.
I'm all for it. By all means, build it right outside of the U.N. In fact, move the U.N. into the giant ship, and let it float away, never to be seen again!
These fools have been watching that horrible movie Waterworld too much.
Have they even considered what a city blocking sunlight to the ocean will cause?
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Create a huge artificial island right next to Turtle Bay, find a way to move the entire UN complex onto it, then take it out onto... wherever it will no longer bother the civilized world. It ought to be easy enough to do it; we understand the idea of Continental Drift.
Once that's done, Turtle Bay becomes prime NYC real estate. Just don't let Bill deBlasio take any credit for the idea, or any of the money from it.
Once that's done, Turtle Bay becomes prime NYC real estate. Just don't let Bill deBlasio take any credit for the idea, or any of the money from it.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at August 04, 2019 10:03 PM (rIYC+)
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Capital idea, Dana! And nobody will worry about rising sea levels when they develop that property, too.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at August 05, 2019 07:13 AM (OG7+L)
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