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Consider an algorean worst case scenario:
The day after tomorrow, the icecaps melt and 2/3 of the planet's surface magically gets covered with water. What's worse is that average temperatures continue to rise to "off the charts levels" so that people can't live at sea level anymore without getting
overbaked. (sarc)
What's there to do?
I propose putting millions of gas balloons into the air and connecting them all with a gigantic interlocking network of lightweight hemp ropes so that people can freely walk from their own balloon house to their neighbor's balloon house and say "what's up?" and then your neighbor can say "not the ground people" (because the air up there would be cool while the air down below would be hot).
Of course, people would need to bring really long fishing poles in order to provide food for their great sky city, and they would also need to have lightweight solar panels so as to provide electrical energy for all of the balloon people, but I'm sure they could cope with their situation.
Wikipedia: Waterworld (1995)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld
Some balloon travel, but no city. [jutta, Jul 02 2007]
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// 2/3 of the planet's surface magically gets covered with water. |
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*snips fingers* Shazam!
(2/3rd of the earth's surface are covered with water right now - slightly more, actually.) |
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Do it again, I want to see how you did that. |
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Please don't do it again; it is getting quite
wet here. |
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// (2/3rd of the earth's surface are covered with water right now - slightly more, actually.)// |
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No kidding. That's all the more reason to have a big sky city then! |
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//Do it again, I want to see how you did that.//; //Please don't do it again; it is getting quite wet here// |
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It magically happens every "day after tomorrow!" The water gets conserved every time the Earth goes round. |
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Simpler and more eco-friendly solution,
based on the following observations: |
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a) Obesity is on the increase. |
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b) Liposuction leaves a large amount of
surplus skin. |
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d) Global warming may be caused by
the burning of fossil fuels. |
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2) Pump in enough helium to let them
float |
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3) Use the liposucked fat as a biofuel |
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4) Paint the balloon-people white to
increase the earth's albedo. |
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By Oden, I do believe you have found a brilliant solution! Then people who don't look up would be all "what happened to Jerod", and then other people who always look at the ground would be like "I don't know, but it sure is getting cooler around here". |
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