In the Future, We Live on Glorified Cruise Ships


	In the Future, We Live on Glorified Cruise Ships

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				Category: <A href="http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/vessels_and_equipment/" linkindex="70">Vessels and Equipment</A>
Posted on: July 21, 2008  9:29 AM, by <A href="" linkindex="71">Kevin Zelnio</A>
			</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2008/07/in_the_future_we_live_on_glori_1.php"><P><A href="http://www.blueeconomy.com/?q=node/52" linkindex="72">The Blue Economy</A> points to a <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/jul/18/climatechange.greenbuilding?picture=335791925" linkindex="73">supplement in The Guardian</A> about "Cities at Sea". They depict the <A href="http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2008/07/in_the_future_we_live_on_glori.php" linkindex="74">Lilypad cities</A> in addition to homes that rise and fall with river flood levels in the Netherlands (see story in <A href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,377050,00.html" linkindex="75">der Spiegel</A>). One other project, meant for the open ocean, is the <A href="http://www.freedomship.com/" linkindex="76">Freedom Ship</A>. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2008/07/in_the_future_we_live_on_glori_1.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/scienceblogs.com/img/F9D778DD-CE81-45F0-A3C7-D91C22B85A9E" alt="bow_low.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2008/07/in_the_future_we_live_on_glori_1.php"><P>Originally designed as a floating city capable of housing up to 60,000 residents, it ran into financial trouble in 2002. 3,000 people had signed up to live aboard in what was advertised to be a </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2008/07/in_the_future_we_live_on_glori_1.php"><BLOCKQUOTE>"luxurious "endless retirement cruise", free of taxes and government pressures". But the idea has been reborn as an answer to rising sea levels. Whether any of these often fantastical schemes get beyond the drawing board remains to be seen."</BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2008/07/in_the_future_we_live_on_glori_1.php">Think this sounds like a grand idea? Then <A href="http://www.freedomship.com/freedomship/real_estate/residential/residential.shtml" linkindex="77" set="yes">check out the residential listing</A></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AAC52F46-6D9A-4F06-ABE4-5B3D1F58382E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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