The world's first floating city
The world's first floating city has begun construction with 300 houses. This is a project to cope with climate change as sea levels rise.
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In early 2017, the government of French Polynesia allowed the Seasteading Institute to experiment with building a floating city consisting of many small floating islands in the ocean. |
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In the foreground are 300 homes on an island, operating autonomously and using its own cryptocurrency called Varyon. |
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Joe Quirk, president of the Seasteading Institute, said the floating city is a way to cope with rising sea levels caused by climate change (which are expected to rise by about 1.8m by the end of this century). |
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The floating city is located about half a mile from the shore. People can return to the mainland by ferry. |
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The first buildings will serve as the core to later expand into a larger city. |
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Each building will have large solar panels and wind turbines. Green space will also be prioritized to maximize use. |
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The islands run on solar power and recycle water from the ocean. |
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Joe Quirk hopes that in the future about 10 islands (worth 60 million USD) will continue to be built. |
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According to Joe, humans need to take advantage of living space on the ocean before they can achieve the goal of living on Mars. |
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As rising sea levels due to climate change threaten coastal cities around the world, building a floating city could be a good option to address the problem./. |
