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Engineers Propose Lily Pad-Like Floating Cities
Zothecula writes "The idea of going offshore to satisfy our renewable energy needs isn't new, but the grand vision of Japan's Shimizu Corporation goes way beyond harnessing green energy at sea for use in cities on Terra firma — it takes the whole city along for the ride. The company, along with the Super Collaborative Graduate School and Nomura Securities, is researching the technical issues involved in constructing its Green Float concept — a self-sufficient, carbon-negative floating city that would reside in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean."
Mod GP, Parent, and this both informative and offtopic.
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To blame Bush for Katrina is a straw man argument
I don't think anyone would blame Bush for the actual storm, but he is responsible for the sheer incompetence in the clean up effort. The fundamental fact is they rebuilt the entirety of Europe after WWII faster than they rebuilt New Orleans. New Orleans relief was a complete fuckup and the blame goes right to the top.
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.