As you point out, the challenges to overcome for such a project to succeed seem really huge compared to the expected benefit.
I think the one of the ideas about this kind of "overkill workaround" project is to get as much airtime as possible while kicking and screaming about how the current system is broken.
I wholeheartedly agree with the end goal, but to me this kind of article is really a form of disguised criticism - "Our system is SO broken that SOME PEOPLE are considering building an ARTIFICAL ISLAND (amazing, huh?, huh? HUH!? - wink wink sigh - yes it's really THAT bad!) to work around it.
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As you point out, the challenges to overcome for such a project to succeed seem really huge compared to the expected benefit.
I think the one of the ideas about this kind of "overkill workaround" project is to get as much airtime as possible while kicking and screaming about how the current system is broken.
I wholeheartedly agree with the end goal, but to me this kind of article is really a form of disguised criticism - "Our system is SO broken that SOME PEOPLE are considering building an ARTIFICAL ISLAND (amazing, huh?, huh? HUH!? - wink wink sigh - yes it's really THAT bad!) to work around it.