Lambast my idea (or invest in it!)

[Stylesjl]

Lambasting idea commencing

What a dumb plan. Are you on crack?

Lanbasting idea complete

 

[Narz]

Wow Dann, that's wild, thanks for the link.

And thanks Stylesjl, very consise.

 

[Marshy]

I want to take some cold & lifeless little island near Greenland or someplace (maybe the size of Oahu), drag it (with a thousand tow-ships) to somewhere tropical, import some cool exotic plants and animals and set up a resort.

Where's the ambition Narz? What you need to do is buy all the cold and lifeless bits of land near Greenland that you can afford. Then, using whatever method you may choose (I'm not a "details man", I'm an "ideas man") move the earth's axis of rotation so that Greenland becomes the new tropics.

I must admit some similarities between my idea and Lex Luthor's plan in Superman 1.

 

[Narz]

Darn, you spoiler!!

 

[MobBoss]

Sounds like a great idea, but dont forget to shave your head and wear a nehru jacket (oh and carry around a shaved cat as well).

 

[Pontiuth Pilate]

Don't crush his dream! Try to be supportive! Perhaps he went to public school.........

Perhaps he was homeschooled! :insertevangelicalgroupyoumostdislikehere:

 

[7ronin]

Great plan, Narz. But why go somewhere cold to get your island when just a hop, skip and a jump from your front door are several candidates. Slightly north of SB there is San Clemente Island. You can even seen it on a clear day. There a few drawbacks however. It's owned by the U.S. Navy and is a firing range. It also has lots and lots and lots and lots of goats. Then a little south of SB there are the four Coronado Islands. These are part of the city of Tijuana. I don't think they'd be missed but check first - we don't want to start an international incident.

Don't forget. To get to your island you will require a. a boat; or b. an airplane.

 

[Shaihulud]

You could have your island be mobile by building it on top of an ice berg. When your island starts sinking into the sea, you sail it back into the polar regions to rebuild the structure of your island. For the tourist on board, you can tell them its winter.

 

[El_Machinae]

I read a book that had information about building an island (you build a frame out of wire, and then encourage growth of compounds that cause it to float. You then power the island by tapping the heat differential of deep-sea water, and grow a certain algae as a cash crop (using unused nutrients from the ocean floor).

Millenial Project: I found the part on OTEC power generation to be rather interesting.

 

[Stormrage]

Why don`t you just buy one of Croatia`s islands? Damn government is selling them like they were apples..

 

[Eukaryote]

I'd invest in this.

 

[Neonanocyborgasm]

Ok, so here's the plan. I want to take some cold & lifeless little island near Greenland or someplace (maybe the size of Oahu), drag it (with a thousand tow-ships) to somewhere tropical, import some cool exotic plants and animals and set up a resort. Once I make millions I will drag another island down and build my private estate there.

So, how is this possible?

You can't drag islands.

 

[Sidhe]

Don't crush his dream! Try to be supportive! Perhaps he went to public school.........

Public Schools in England are fee paying schools of the highest quality ie Eton. Odd that.

Great idea, pity we don't have the technology to do it. A friend of mine almost got voted into office at college, one of his manefesto pledges was to tow Portsmouth to Hawaii. I liked the idea then and still like it now, fesabillity aside

Why don't you just buy a small Island off the Bahamas?

 

[Truronian]

Or just find the island the castaways from Lost are inhabitings, kick off the Others, and get Hurley to invest with you. I mean, they have fresh water, fruit, polar bears, statues of feet with four toes, mysterious hatches and monsters - in short, everything one needs for a modern luxury resort.

I am so there. Not only is it warm, but its nice and mysterious. What better way to relax the days away. I may let Claire stay though... (Charlie can have the baby)

 

[Steph]

You can always take an iceberg and tow it to the tropical sea.

Then sell new parts of this new islands, get the payement quickly, and disappear before the rich investors discover their new land has melted.

 

[Narz]

heh heh, "fresh water? why, my island's got tons of fresh water!"

 

[Bill3000]

Don't forget to declare independence!

 

[tomsnowman123]

Cool, why didn't I think of something like this. There's a lot that could be done with a private island.

 

[El_Machinae]

You'd have to worry about piracy.

If people click my links, the process is already rather detailed. There's a bajillion tons of potential nutrients out in the deep ocean.

 

[.Shane.]

In case you haven't noticed, dirt and rocks don't float.

And what about a witch? What about really tiny pebbles?