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Given the low profile of the island in the few photos in the article, it looks like the island will be submerged in a number of decades. Anything built on the i
by SapporoChris 5y ago
Given the low profile of the island in the few photos in the article, it looks like the island will be submerged in a number of decades. Anything built on the island will need to deal with hurricane forces at the beach level.
The island is only 7.5km from a major port. So that is an incredible bonus. For that alone, it's not the worst investment.
- hanniabu 5y agoI wouldn't even give it a decade. All it'll take is a few good storms to erode it away.
- blacksmith_tb 5y agoEven if it's swamped it's still cheaper than building an island from scratch, like China's been doing in the South China Sea - but Belize is a little less strategically important... Still, I could imagine some kind of storm-hardened resort on stilts or something. Otherwise they'd need to try and capitalize on extralegal things that having a pseudo-nation could provide: tax haven, smuggling, etc., hard to get traditional investors excited for that, though I am sure there would be takers somewhere.