From: The Butterfly (salsbury_at_bootstrap.sculptors.com)
Date: 10/11/97
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 02:25:24 -0700 Message-Id: <199710110925.CAA09819@bootstrap.sculptors.com> From: The Butterfly <salsbury_at_bootstrap.sculptors.com> Subject: [fidevos_at_EDUSERV1.RUG.AC.BE: Re: OCEAN CITY-FREEDOM]
Many links in here...
Pat
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From: Filip De Vos <fidevos_at_EDUSERV1.RUG.AC.BE>
Organization: University of Ghent, Belgium
Subject: Re: OCEAN CITY-FREEDOM
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Joe S. Moore (joemoore_at_MAIL.CRUZIO.COM) wrote:
: "Think of an ideal place to live or establish a business - a safe and
: secure community with large areas of open space and extensive
Nice idea, but is it practical? Utopian ocean-colonies have had been in
vogue in the thirties, when even dreamers noticed the preparations for war.
Fixed ocean cities are allso promoted by the oceania group,
and as the first stage of Marshall Savage's First Millenial Foundation.
The Japanese have also toyed with the idea of sea-cities, for obvious
reasons, like Kiyonuro Kikutake
http://www.kikutake.co.jp/
The Pilkington glass firm also designed a Sea City
http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~bat/sea-city.html
: entertainment and recreational facilities. Imagine that this community
: levies no taxes - no income tax, no real estate tax, no sales tax, no
: business tax, no import duties. Finally, picture this community
Yeah, right. where are the running costs of that giant? The insurance
cost alone will be astronomical. The Pilkington Glass Sea City was to get
its energy from nearby gasfields in the North Sea.
: continually moving around the world. You are beginning to understand
: Freedom, a soon to be constructed, massive ocean-going vessel. The length
: of three Empire State Buildings, the craft will be one of the wonders of
: the world - a mobile modern city featuring luxurious condominium living, a
: major world trade center, and an extensive duty-free international
: shopping mall."
I did not notice any food-production, unlike say, Savage's scheme. Taht
means _everything will have to be imported.
--
Filip De Vos FilipPC.DeVos_at_rug.ac.be
There are plenty of ways to empty a solar system.
-- John S. Lewis --
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