Should the Irish lead the way in floating cities?

c_man · 26-02-2015 09:37PM #1

Well given that the world's climate is fecked and no-one seems to care, it seems that we're well due for rising sea levels worldwide. Many important cities and hugely populated areas are projected to be underwater in decades to come unless something is done. So should the Irish prepare for this and start building floating cities?

Think about it, the increased water levels won't affect them at all. Uniquely placed to take advantage of the chaos that climate change will bring, I can well imagine them thriving and growing. Further down the line we may seek to profit from the misfortune of others, to everyone's benefit e.g. say Manahattan was going under, we could sell them a ready made "New Galway" floating city no bother.

Are you for or against?

humbert · 26-02-2015 09:38PM

Can we start with Cork?

fleet_admiral · 26-02-2015 09:40PM

humbert wrote: »

Can we start with Cork?

And hope it floats away? Please

Sir Osis of Liver. · 26-02-2015 09:40PM

Ireland- World leader in floaters.

bjork · 26-02-2015 09:41PM

I'm 6.7m below sea level at the moment. I'm not floating though, just sitting here

Arsemageddon · 26-02-2015 09:41PM

humbert wrote: »

Can we start with Cork?

I'd prefer to make Cork an underwater city

Sheep Lover · 26-02-2015 09:42PM

Arsemageddon wrote: »

I'd prefer to make Cork an underwater city

It's like that anyway some times of the year

mad muffin · 26-02-2015 09:43PM

Finally! I'll have a waterfront property. <---lives in the Midlands.

Arsemageddon · 26-02-2015 09:43PM

Sheep Lover wrote: »

It's like that anyway some times of the year

Not often enough for my liking

One eyed Jack · 26-02-2015 09:44PM

What would the cities actually float on in the meantime while waiting for these rising waters?

Would it not make more sense to build a city that could be under water as opposed to trying to rise above it?

Ruu · 26-02-2015 09:44PM

I live on cloud nine already.

Birneybau · 26-02-2015 09:46PM

Need lots of balloons.

c_man · 26-02-2015 09:46PM

One eyed Jack wrote: »

What would the cities actually float on in the meantime while waiting for these rising waters?

We'd build them at sea!

c_man · 26-02-2015 09:49PM

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Would it not make more sense to build a city that could be under water as opposed to trying to rise above it?

And we can do that in tandem. Good idea. You're aboard (no pun intended).

Maximus Alexander · 26-02-2015 09:51PM

What about cities in space, can we do that too?

Markcheese · 26-02-2015 09:55PM

Arsemageddon wrote: »

I'd prefer to make Cork an underwater city

Corks easy to protect - just blow up the hills by forts Camden and Carlisle (the narrowest bit of the harbour ) -push em into the water, make a dam or causeway across (and put a lock in there) done the entire harbour protected -
Even if we can't afford to do it - we should get the surveys and designs done -

castletownman · 26-02-2015 09:59PM

humbert wrote: »

Can we start with Cork?

Seems a logical choice, seeing as it is a bouyant material

JacquesDeLad · 26-02-2015 09:59PM

Great idea.

They could call it the Irish Water City.

It would be an instant success.

Chucken · 26-02-2015 10:03PM

JacquesDeLad wrote: »

Great idea.

They could call it the Irish Water City.

It would be an instant success.

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

That's better.

Irish Steve · 26-02-2015 10:05PM

Given Ireland's inability to deal with anything water related, it'd probably sink before the people moved in.

Just look at how we've got on trying to drain the Shannon, that's a failure 100 years down the line.
Flooding in so many other places,
And just for good measure, the Irish Water fiasco.

Anything to do with Water, we're fooked

corner of hells · 26-02-2015 10:10PM

Irish Steve wrote: »

Given Ireland's inability to deal with anything water related, it'd probably sink before the people moved in.

Just look at how we've got on trying to drain the Shannon, that's a failure 100 years down the line.
Flooding in so many other places,
And just for good measure, the Irish Water fiasco.

Anything to do with Water, we're fooked

I beg your pardon we managed to fool the whole world with that Ballygowan water ****e.

JuliusCaesar · 26-02-2015 10:27PM

Dammit (dam it, geddit?), I was going to say Cork. Partly because of its name, but partly because it's been flooded so often now that it needs to start floating. And then it could be the floatation devise that saves the rest of us from drowning, come the tidal wave brought on by either the fracking off Norway, or the collapse of glaciers in the Arctic.

A lot of empty Ballygowan bottles tied to our belongings should help too.

fungi_forest · 26-02-2015 10:28PM

NO! In fact, no skyscrapers either.

why?
because Ireland is a great country, we also have the waves which the UK does not.

We need to protect mother nature, we are an island, not a city bull****.

destroy all the cities and let nature lead us.

mother nature is infinite love and peace.

why can't we all just get along?

shruikan2553 · 26-02-2015 10:34PM

I would say extend galway into the sea but it would probably keep disappearing like a Malaysian airlines flight any time theres a bit of wind.

fungi_forest wrote: »

NO! In fact, no skyscrapers either.

why?
because Ireland is a great country, we also have the waves which the UK does not.

We need to protect mother nature, we are an island, not a city bull****.

destroy all the cities and let nature lead us.

mother nature is infinite love and peace.

why can't we all just get along?

Until mother nature can provide me with 240mb broadband she can go **** herself.

One eyed Jack · 26-02-2015 10:34PM

fungi_forest wrote: »

NO! In fact, no skyscrapers either.

why?
because Ireland is a great country, we also have the waves which the UK does not.

We need to protect mother nature, we are an island, not a city bull****.

destroy all the cities and let nature lead us.

mother nature is infinite love and peace.

why can't we all just get along?

Is there room for two in that fungi forest? Sounds like a mad place altogether!

Saipanne · 26-02-2015 10:36PM

Jackeens are well rattled, in this thread.

fungi_forest · 26-02-2015 10:37PM

One eyed Jack wrote: »

Is there room for two in that fungi forest? Sounds like a mad place altogether!

yeah, the idea was to create a forest, full of fungi, and we live up in the trees in treehouses and we then enjoy fun in the streams and help protect and promote mother earth.

deBop · 26-02-2015 10:42PM

fungi_forest wrote: »

NO! In fact, no skyscrapers either.

why?
because Ireland is a great country, we also have the waves which the UK does not.

We need to protect mother nature, we are an island, not a city bull****.

destroy all the cities and let nature lead us.

mother nature is infinite love and peace.

why can't we all just get along?

Jesus, I can't tell if you're messing or not.

Skyscrapers can actually be good for the environment since they reduce urban sprawl which is a big problem with places like Dublin.

Anyway, mother nature isn't all infinite love and peace when you're living in a ditch and ****ting in a field.

Links234 · 26-02-2015 10:45PM

We should, but we first need a pair of ginger twins to design the technology and a religious tyrant to bankroll it.

The other fella · 26-02-2015 10:50PM

How much do floating cities cost to build?

fungi_forest · 26-02-2015 10:51PM

think of the money it would cost, they could use that money to help the starving people in third world countries,etc.

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