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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."
I disagree. This is like the pot calling the kettle black. Yes, Louisiana's politics are rife with corruption, but so are Washington DC's, and really every state in the union these days.
As for Katrina, that was Bush's fiasco. The Federal government is supposed to help deal with large emergencies, and they utterly and completely failed at it.
It's funny how America's government is just as corrupt as the government of Mexico, but Americans refuse to believe it.