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Wouldn't it be cheaper and better for the environment to buy some land off Germany or Sweden? Once the deal is sealed, they could start building the city the very next day.
There is plenty of space in Denmark for its existing population (and for millions more, for that sake). The issue is that there is not that much space in Copenhagen.
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Someone born in the late 1990s might expect to retire around 2070. Given the population structure in wealthy countries, early retirement at 65 is no longer feasible for most people in the younger generations.
Calling 65 years old early retirement is insulting...
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A square mile is pretty big, especially for an artificial island. It’s 640 acres (or something like 2,400 suburban homes). Sure it’s not the size of Japan or something, but it’s not tiny.
The Dutch artificial island 'Flevopolder' is ~970 square km. So, I wouldn't say giant when there is an artificial island that has a 373x larger surface area. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flevopolder It is still a very nice project nonetheless!
I think the plan here is different and will not be done by building up dykes and draining the area inside.
> The approval by Denmark's parliament paves the way for the 1 sq mile (2.6 sq km) project to begin later this year. That's not a giant island.
This is some remarkably long-term planning: "If construction goes ahead as planned, the majority of the foundations for the island off Denmark's capital should be in place by 2035, with an aim to fully complete the project by 2070." I can't recall ever seeing the year 2070 or later in print, in the context of some definite project or plan. Are there other examples?
Seems reasonable. Maasvlakte is a comparable project: an artificial island (20 km2 while this island is "only" 2.8km2) outside Rotterdam harbor and it was built over 25 years (1974-1997) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasvlakte (Dutch wiki has much more info: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasvlakte ) Another comparable project is the new Strandeiland in Amsterdam https://www.amsterdam.nl/projecten/ijburg/deelproject…
https://southfront.org/chinas-artificial-islands-south-china...
It can be done faster if enough resources are allocated... Denmark doesn't seem to be in a hurry.
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Closest I can think of is the Chuo Maglev in Japan, approved in 2011 with a completion target of 2045. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D_Shinkansen
Japan also has many artificial islands, I wonder how long some of those projects took.
You can see from goog maps how there are a couple outline online islands under "construction" and once those are filled they'll outline more.
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Calling 65 years old early retirement is insulting...
Not sure if joking but that’s generally the age where pension kicks in/an individual can start pulling from tax advantaged retirement accounts.
This is some remarkably long-term planning: "If construction goes ahead as planned, the majority of the foundations for the island off Denmark's capital should be in place by 2035, with an aim to fully complete the project by 2070." I can't recall ever seeing the year 2070 or later in print, in the context of some definite project or plan. Are there other examples?
Y2038 issue for those that don't know https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
This is some remarkably long-term planning: "If construction goes ahead as planned, the majority of the foundations for the island off Denmark's capital should be in place by 2035, with an aim to fully complete the project by 2070." I can't recall ever seeing the year 2070 or later in print, in the context of some definite project or plan. Are there other examples?
Seems reasonable. Maasvlakte is a comparable project: an artificial island (20 km2 while this island is "only" 2.8km2) outside Rotterdam harbor and it was built over 25 years (1974-1997) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasvlakte (Dutch wiki has much more info: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maasvlakte ) Another comparable project is the new Strandeiland in Amsterdam https://www.amsterdam.nl/projecten/ijburg/deelproject…
Oh and of course in this country cycling paths are built before any houses.