There is a small island called "Hashima," as a tiny part of Japan, once known as "battleship island," that is now abandoned. It used to be a coal mine "town," and it was a big deal (remember how few natural resources Japan has), but the switchover to petroleum made it defunct. It's fallen apart for decades now. It looks pretty nifty, to be honest.
Okay, it's creepy. But it's abandoned, and surely, something cool can be done with it. The only thing we've thought of so far is renting off to Hollywood for zombie horror films.
But let's say you're crazy and made of money. What would you do with this? Can you make it turn a profit? Would you try to barter for sovereignty and make your own utopia?
So go for it, leave us some comments.
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High security biolab, nuclear materials storage, prison, radiotherapy, nanotech research, other dangerous stuff.
Alternative government/philosophy proving ground.
Natural gas/petroleum transport node: run underwater pipelines to the shore and have ships deposit oil without approaching the shore (there's a similar plan for this in the Boston area at Marblehead)
Wind power node: repair and construction facility on the island serving turbines nearby (don't know what the sea floor is like or what the wind factor is).
Marina biology research institute (robotics development, aquarium facilities, undersea sensor network node).
Fish farming/aquaculture.
Military training facility for urban warfare.
Sealand resort/theme park.
Casino.
Post-apocalyptic reality tv show.
20th century cultural preserve: shore up the infrastructure a bit but otherwise leave it as something like a museum exhibit.
There will also be thousands and thousands of oil rigs freed up soon, most will just be destroyed?
Awesome:
Amphibious/Urban/subterranean paintball/modern d20 warfare!
more practical:
prison
Galt's Gultch!!!
It's time for everyone to read/re-read Atlas Shrugged. Actually, just watch the news and you can experience it in real time.
I wish I had a better way to contact you, but:
Mr. Galt, how can I contact you personally?
Mr. Fogg,
I will be in Cambridge on March 7-8. You may not recognize me, but I will contact you.
see also:
http://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2008_09_01_archive.html#8970900984368410875
I would make it my place of residence.
And then host the most massive Anime/Video Game/Otaku convention the world has ever seen.
Level all of that crap, build an elevated runway for C5 Galaxy, C17 sized aircraft, build a submarine base, and turn it into another Diego Garcia. All of those old coal tunnels can be used for weapons storage.
Then, build a nice tall antenna tower, like the one in London maybe, and make it the fattest com hub on planet Earth.
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