Think of all the problems facing modern civilization. Hunger, war, poverty, climate change- the list goes on and on. With all the pressure mounting on governments what can humanity do to maintain a livable planet.
One of the biggest problems is the problem of overpopulation. Many people believe that not too far off in the future there will be too many people and not enough resources. It's an issue because if that happens- total world civilization collapse. So it should be looked at at least just for the sake of avoiding a horrible apocalypse and the end of society.
. The Venus Project is an organization that believes they have the answer that could solve all the problems.
They have proposed a plan that would entail a massive change the
likes have never been seen in human history. Their plan calls for humans to live in newly designed eco-friendly cities that use no fossil fuel and run entirely on green energy. They say that if you harness new energy sources like tidal energy cities can run entirely on reusable power of the ocean. The catch, they will be built ON the ocean.
You can have your shoreside mansion now, but in the future you can have your offshore mansion. Using automated water systems and mariculture and fish farming you could feed everyone in the city off of mother nature.
There could be a way to have millions of people without food or shelter to live offshore on the ocean and use the resources available to them that would be both efficient and sustainable. The very idea makes for a great sequel to Waterworld plot if Kevin Costner is interested.
Isn't it weird that the video didn't mention anything about the mandatory lobotomies or praying to the giant squid?
ReplyDeleteIn all seriousness though, that place looks like Kamino.
It looks like a futuristic cruise ship, wouldn't mind living there just so I could wake up walk outside and dive into the ocean.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that in the future our children's children might not have a safe place to live and grow up is kind of a scary thought. If there was some way that these city type structures could actually work is a very interesting idea. I however don't know how well it could really work just because of the fact that I don't know if humans could stand living in such tight knit communities. A good thought but i really do believe that there can be some kind of alternative thoughts that can be sugested
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea because it is inevitable that future generations will need to find a new place to live and find alternative energy. The cities that are pictured are beautiful and I would not mind living there
ReplyDeleteThis seems like a good solution to overpopulation.
ReplyDeleteI didn't get a chance to watch the video yet but how would the city on the ocean deal with hurricanes, tsunami's and other natural disasters?
This seems like a good solution but im concerned by what happens when a storm approaches.
ReplyDeleteThis is wicked cool but, how would people travel between these water cities? If they used boats would they have green energy for those too or would they still manufacture the use of fossil fuels for transportation?
ReplyDeletewhat happens when there is a hurricane?
ReplyDeleteWow this is a really neat concept but how long would it take to create these cities on water?? Its always cool to hear about these ideas but it makes me curious to will the ideas actually ever be completed...
ReplyDeleteThese societies have to be ultra-vulnerable to natural disasters.
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