There’s an interesting disaster/survival movie called 2012 which posits the idea that, in order to counter a 21st-century flood of Biblical proportions, the governments of the world constructed a number of ‘arks’ atop the tallest mountains in China in which important government leaders and those with enough cash to buy a ticket could save themselves from annihilation.
It’s just an adventure movie you might say and, in any event, there are so many moral issues arising from the idea that only the rich and important could save themselves that such crafts would not be built. But hold that thought.
For a Russian firm has come up with the concept of the Ark Hotel biosphere, a huge, safe and self-sustaining haven from a flood disaster caused by climate change. The shell-shaped craft would withstand tidal waves, earthquakes and other natural disasters. Its eco-environment would contain vegetation to assist air quality and provide food sources, and solar panels would provide energy and a system of collecting rainwater would produce fresh water. The biosphere would also be covered with see-through panels so that daylight could be filtered to internal rooms and plants to reduce the need for lighting.
The reports don’t say how much such a craft would cost, how many ‘guests’ it could accommodate, how they would be chosen and what they would be charged. These are very interesting questions!
I don’t know by how much sea levels would have to rise to make building the Ark Hotel feasible, but it is interesting that another report out today says that they will rise by at least 13 feet in the next 1,000 years as a result of carbon dioxide emissions.
At least there’s no point in me saving up!
It’s just an adventure movie you might say and, in any event, there are so many moral issues arising from the idea that only the rich and important could save themselves that such crafts would not be built. But hold that thought.
For a Russian firm has come up with the concept of the Ark Hotel biosphere, a huge, safe and self-sustaining haven from a flood disaster caused by climate change. The shell-shaped craft would withstand tidal waves, earthquakes and other natural disasters. Its eco-environment would contain vegetation to assist air quality and provide food sources, and solar panels would provide energy and a system of collecting rainwater would produce fresh water. The biosphere would also be covered with see-through panels so that daylight could be filtered to internal rooms and plants to reduce the need for lighting.
The reports don’t say how much such a craft would cost, how many ‘guests’ it could accommodate, how they would be chosen and what they would be charged. These are very interesting questions!
I don’t know by how much sea levels would have to rise to make building the Ark Hotel feasible, but it is interesting that another report out today says that they will rise by at least 13 feet in the next 1,000 years as a result of carbon dioxide emissions.
At least there’s no point in me saving up!
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