The city floats on the ocean

An American businessman came up with the idea of ​​building floating cities on the ocean surface.

Discovery reports that Peter Thiel, founder of Paypal, has decided to sponsor $ 1.25 million for Seasteading Institute in the US - to organize research and development of marine community models - to institute experts. developing floating cities model.

Each floating urban structure has a volume of 12 thousand tons. (Photo: Discovery)

The Seasteading Institute organized a design competition to select the most optimal floating urban structures. These structures all have a mass of 12,000 tons, produce energy by diesel and provide enough living space for about 270 people. If we put together structures, people will create floating cities that can hold millions of people.

When structures are joined together, they create a floating city.

Thiel hopes the floating city will be home to autonomous communities, meaning that those communities will have a completely different social management model and legal system from all the existing countries. world. For example, US minimum wage and housing construction regulations will not exist in floating cities. Seasteading Institute has established a team of experts to study legal issues.

Floating cities will be the living space of autonomous communities. (Photo: Discovery)

Thiel supporters hope floating cities will help people create truly civilized and democratic communities. Meanwhile, critics say floating cities will cause serious environmental problems and sea transport operations.