Culture: Social Escape
merman way   (+1, -2)  [vote for, against]
flotilla of ships in international waters

The last frontier isn't here, just yet. Clarke and Hendrix were just a bit optimistic on the dates.

So we seem a collection of misfits. I bet you follow the Merm, don't. You? (Our stock market)
-- Zimmy, Aug 06 2011

Merman way http://www.youtube....1pI&feature=related
something like this, I could vote for. [bungston, Aug 08 2011]

Floating City Experiment on Earth Floating_20City_20Experiment_20on_20Earth
Aerostat Habitat Experiment [j paul, Aug 08 2011]

http://en.wikipedia...cipality_of_Sealand [jutta, Aug 08 2011]

why would i want to move from one unstable idiocracy to another one that is isolated by water?
-- WcW, Aug 07 2011


We are all isolated by water. This idiocracy would be movable.
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Aug 07 2011


the mobility of any idiocracy is limited by futility.
-- WcW, Aug 08 2011


I wonder how many people you could support by converting the flight-deck of an aircraft carrier into a ploughable field. Whichever way you look at it, it is a rather expensive way to grow crops.

How about a similar idea, only achieved using a collection of zeppelins? If you built a transparent airship, you have what is effectively a floating greenhouse, capable of rising above the clouds to take advantage of the sun all year-around.
-- zen_tom, Aug 08 2011


Right after you get working on those helium-breathing plants.
-- RayfordSteele, Aug 08 2011


Use hot air not Helium see floating city link
-- j paul, Aug 08 2011


/why would i want to move from one unstable idiocracy to another one that is isolated by water?/

Zombies.
-- bungston, Aug 08 2011


That would take a heck of a lot of hot air and therefore energy. Look at the gondola size of a hot air dirigible, and look at the bag size.
-- RayfordSteele, Aug 08 2011



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