Quote from: lepirate on April 15, 2014, 06:05:29 PM

Quote from: Kiki112 on April 15, 2014, 05:55:13 PM

Quote from: lepirate on April 15, 2014, 05:53:15 PM

Quote from: Kiki112 on April 15, 2014, 05:41:10 PM

they will not allow us

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Article IV § 2 states: No acts or activities taking place while the present Treaty is in force shall constitute a basis for asserting, supporting or denying a claim to territorial sovereignty in Antarctica. No new claim, or enlargement of an existing claim, to territorial sovereignty shall be asserted while the present Treaty is in force

That only applies to countries that has signed the treaty. Which we won't. Anyway, non of the nations have the right to deny our claim either. Also, if they disagree with our decision they can't do anything since according to the treaty, no military activity is allowed on Antarctica. I don't see what could possibly stop us? (except for money)

hmm

you made a point there

but it's Antarctica, it's -70C Cheesy

who would want to live here? Cheesy

altough, yeah, nice temperature so our miners don't overheat Cheesy

but we'll have a hard time acquiring free electricity

In the coldest place on Antarctica the average temperature is -55°C. The costal areas however is much warmer. During the winters the average temperatures is around −18 °C, while during the summers it's about 0°C, and sometimes even more.

Who would want to live there? Well, people who feels this is a cool concept and people who have no future in their current countries would probably at least consider it for example.

And no, we would not have to worry about miners overheating!

The electricity, as I've said earlier, we'll get from solar power, wind turbines and power buoys, and with the right amount of them they should be able to support us.

yeah, but low efficiency of the solar panels because of not so many sunny hours..

we would need a larger investment but it's worth it since we'll be saving a lot because we're not building our own island Cheesy

@about Mars

let's stay realistic, food transfer would be too expensive, not mentioning other things + oxygen