We’ve all heard of the Lost City of Atlantis.
Maybe you’ve seen the movie Waterworld.
With the threat of global warming climate change and the ice caps melting, causing more water, there is a concern of the need of additional places for people to live. After the typoons in Asia, that is another reason to have alternate living sources.
In comes the “Lilypad.”
Floating cities....
"Based on the design of a lilypad, they could be used as a permanent refuge for those whose homes have been covered in water. Major cities including London, New York and Tokyo are seen as being at huge risk from oceans which could rise by as much as 3ft by the end of this century.
This solution, by the award-winning Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut, is designed to be a new place to live for those whose homelands have been wiped out.
The 'Lilypad City' would float around the world as an independent and fully self-sustainable home. With a lake at its centre to collect and purify rainwater, it would be accessed by three separate marinas and feature artificial mountains to offer the inhabitants a change of scenery from the seascape.
Power for the central accommodation hub is provided through a series of renewable energy sources including solar panels on the mountain sides, wind turbines and a power station to harness the energy of the waves. "
I guess Mr. Callebaut didn't see the movie Waterworld.
I did.
Even though it was fictional....that doesn't mater.
Who the heck wants to float around on a "lilypad " for the rest of their lives.
People were meant to live on land, not on the water.
I suppose if that happens, we may as well evolve and form gills.
Temporary, yes...permanent...no.
Read the story from the Daily Mail à here
