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If you know of an easy supply of islands that aren't already claimed by some country, I'm sure they'd love to hear about it.
by camccann 17y ago
If you know of an easy supply of islands that aren't already claimed by some country, I'm sure they'd love to hear about it.
- ErrantX 17y agoCould build one - shallow water (that might be the hard bit), artificial base then a thick layer of imported rock/soil. :)
- cmars232 17y agoShallow water would probably fall within another sovereign's nautical territory.
- jhancock 17y agoagreed. I find it interesting that in light of this, the photo on the home page clearly shows the platform within some country's water.
- ErrantX 17y agoyes, probably. Though they do discuss the fact that current plans will put the building within the USA's territorial waters.
- stcredzero 17y agoOnly as an interim step. I'd see if the island of Nauru would lend them their sovereignty in exchange for their continued existence as sea levels rise. The island would only become a mooring point, but as long as they could build up just one spot above sea level, they'd still exist.
- kam 17y agoThis has actually been done - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Minerva http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Minerva Unfortunately, Tonga claimed the island and kicked them out.
- jws 17y agoThe current set of countries are protective of their oligopoly. Generally, some nation will come and take it from you. Wolf Hilbertz developed an technique to electrically accrete limestone out of sea water and was using it to build a micronation, but it was almost certain that it would be seized by Mauritius when it broke surface. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saya_de_Malha_Bank#Artificial_island_project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saya_de_Malha_Bank#Artificial_i...