Now it's getting out of hand...

[djones520]

Floating 'Lilypad City' Could Help Climate Change Refugees

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, London's Daily Mail reported.

"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."

A lake in the middle of the island will collect and then purify rain water, while power will be provided through a series of renewable energy sources including thermal, solar, wind energy, hydraulic and a tidal power station, the Mail reported.

It will produce more energy than it consumes and would be considered "zero-emission" because all the carbon dioxide and waste will be recycled, according to the Mail report.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,376464,00.html

I'd love to see what happens to one of these cities when it gets hit by a hurricane.

And what happens when the resultant Ice Age hits?  Hundreds of thousands of square miles of land will be uncovered as the ice caps grow and grow and the sea levels lower.

I swear, people need to start thinking...

[DixieBelle]

I do live in a "harmonious coexsitence" with nature. The animals grow, I eat them.

Actually, maybe we could convince all of the DUmmies to move onto these lilypads.

[Lord Undies]

Why not move inland instead of floating around like a bunch of idiots?  Northern Nevada will be dry for a million years and it has room for everyone on the planet and no one is using it.

[morningAngel]

Why not move inland instead of floating around like a bunch of idiots?  Northern Nevada will be dry for a million years and it has room for everyone on the planet and no one is using it.

hello?
i dont recall inviting anyone

[megimoo]

It's a liberal thing ,Water World has taken their collective little fancy .
Floating on Lilly pads with the frogs and little fishes !

[LC EFA]

Once we load all the DUmmies on we can turn em into artificial reefs.

[Lord Undies]

Why not move inland instead of floating around like a bunch of idiots?  Northern Nevada will be dry for a million years and it has room for everyone on the planet and no one is using it.

hello?
i dont recall inviting anyone

Sorry!  So that was your house (lean-to?) I passed between Elko and Westover.  I shudda waved.  

[miskie]

I'd love to see what happens to one of these cities when it gets hit by a hurricane.

And what happens when the resultant Ice Age hits?  Hundreds of thousands of square miles of land will be uncovered as the ice caps grow and grow and the sea levels lower.

I swear, people need to start thinking...

A good 85% of problems would be solved if people used their heads. That isnt going to happen as long as there be DUmmies.

[RightCoast]

It's a liberal thing ,Water World has taken their collective little fancy .
Floating on Lilly pads with the frogs and little fishes !

So that was the 5000 people that saw that movie: The full roster of DUmmies.

[jinxmchue]

Modern day Chicken Littles: "The oceans are rising!  The oceans are rising!"