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Post by brucemacneill on May 18, 2018 6:19:47 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2018 6:44:14 GMT -5
I think it's a great idea. They can use the 700,000-square-kilometer mass of plastic bottles as a foundation to keep it afloat. We could all sit back and watch a "Lord of the Flies" scenario unfold. Then we'd have a lot to talk about here regarding human nature and government regulation.  |
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on May 18, 2018 7:43:36 GMT -5
Great idea. What could possibly go wrong?
Mike
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Post by coachdoc on May 18, 2018 7:49:38 GMT -5
Great idea. What could possibly go wrong? Mike Here. Hold my beer. |
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Post by billhammond on May 18, 2018 7:51:24 GMT -5
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Post by brucemacneill on May 18, 2018 8:25:30 GMT -5
Yeah, they didn't mention how the floating island would be powered, inboard or outboard. They may be waiting for results from the bog trial. |
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Post by Marshall on May 18, 2018 8:27:45 GMT -5
 Poifect ! (I hope it has a golf course) |
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Post by AlanC on May 18, 2018 8:56:00 GMT -5
The Atopia Chronicles come to life.
Actually if they could get away with the "separate sovereign" nation thingy they might attract the moneyed and those with intellectual property to leverage, it might actually work for a while. At least till they piss off someone with a Navy. Or someone with a Navy decides to "annex" them.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on May 18, 2018 9:24:34 GMT -5
The Atopia Chronicles come to life. Actually if they could get away with the "separate sovereign" nation thingy they might attract the moneyed and those with intellectual property to leverage, it might actually work for a while. At least till they piss off someone with a Navy. Or someone with a Navy decides to "annex" them. Or, until a severe storm blows through. Mike |
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Post by Village Idiot on May 18, 2018 9:46:45 GMT -5
It looks like the land of the Teletubbies.
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Post by RickW on May 18, 2018 9:53:33 GMT -5
The concept has been floated many times, (bad pun intended.) I think the logistics don't make it viable.
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Post by Chesapeake on May 18, 2018 10:56:13 GMT -5
We have been warned.
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Post by brucemacneill on May 18, 2018 11:47:04 GMT -5
Must have had Maxine Waters as a teacher in school. |
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Post by billhammond on May 18, 2018 11:53:49 GMT -5
Oh, sure, ridicule away. When Guam tips over and thousands drown, the laughter will die down.
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Post by timfarney on May 18, 2018 12:16:54 GMT -5
Sci-fi film plot: 300 billionaires and their 600 servants escape the climate disaster on a luxurious artificial island that can be moved away from the advancing heat, remaining in the “agriculturally-viable zone.” All is well until they are boarded by a couple of thousand raft-bound “heat refugees.” Much human psychology and social engineering ensues, but in the end, yes, the place is much more crowded, but the billionaires just end up with a lot more servants.
Working title: Mad Maximum Return on Investment.
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Post by brucemacneill on May 18, 2018 12:40:18 GMT -5
Sci-fi film plot: 300 billionaires and their 600 servants escape the climate disaster on a luxurious artificial island that can be moved away from the advancing heat, remaining in the “agriculturally-viable zone.” All is well until they are boarded by a couple of thousand raft-bound “heat refugees.” Much human psychology and social engineering ensues, but in the end, yes, the place is much more crowded, but the billionaires just end up with a lot more servants. Working title: Mad Maximum Return on Investment. Starting to learn how Capitalism works? |
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Post by timfarney on May 18, 2018 13:43:34 GMT -5
Sci-fi film plot: 300 billionaires and their 600 servants escape the climate disaster on a luxurious artificial island that can be moved away from the advancing heat, remaining in the “agriculturally-viable zone.” All is well until they are boarded by a couple of thousand raft-bound “heat refugees.” Much human psychology and social engineering ensues, but in the end, yes, the place is much more crowded, but the billionaires just end up with a lot more servants. Working title: Mad Maximum Return on Investment. Starting to learn how Capitalism works? I know it well. |
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Post by Village Idiot on May 18, 2018 20:11:36 GMT -5
This idea has been adrift on Lake Titicaca for years and years and years.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on May 18, 2018 20:15:50 GMT -5
This idea has been adrift on Lake Titicaca for years and years and years. Hahahaha. VI said Titicaca. Mike |
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Post by coachdoc on May 19, 2018 6:37:27 GMT -5
Titicaca, Titicaca, Tibet! Tibet!
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