A group of around 20 (and certainly no more than 150 [1])people will live on an island, free of authority. In order to survive and work the following things are required. We'll need monkey butlers of course. "How many?" I hear you ask. Well, one at first, but he'll train others.
Hasn't anyone read 'The Beach' or perhaps 'Lord of the Flies'? moriarty
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Electricity
Need
1.2kW per customer [2] (Where is this figure from, is it for domestic use? Is it the peak consumption or the mean consumption)
For
- Light
- Computers
- Entertainment
Source
- Solar [3] [4]
- Wind [5]
- Wave power
- Backup Generator? (10,500W 120/240V, 4 1/2 hours on 7gallons of fuel)
Fuel
For
- Heating
- Cooking
- Transport
Source
- Plant oils
- BioGas
- Alcohol Fuel [6]
Water
Need
Unknown.
- Washing - Shower uses ~4gallons per minute.
- Consumption - 3 litres per person per day.
For
- Consumption
- Washing/cleaning
- Cooking
Source
- Solar still [7] [8] [9]
- Low maintanance - clean glass
- 2 - 6 litres per day per square meter
- Removes chemical and biological contaminants
Food
Agriculture will require a large input of time and energy, as producing food is paramount to our survival. Starchy foods such as cereals, potatoes and cassava, legumes such as chickpeas and lentils, vegetables such as courgettes, cucumbers, aubergines, tomatoes, peppers, and broccoli, herbs such as oregano, basil, dill, marjoram and thyme and spices such as ginger, tumeric, cumin, clove, cinnamon, cardamom, and peppercorns all need to be produced, and infrastructure for their safe storage must be provided. Fish can be harvested from the sea, and a small number of farm animals such as goats and chickens can be kept for meat, milk and eggs.
Short term nourishment can be satisfied via Cannibalism.
Shelter
Need
Enough to sleep, cook, relax, store personal belongings and work if working from home.
For
- Storage
- Keeping internet dry
- Privacy for when looking at Nude Girly Pics (see internet section)
Source
Spectre has mentioned before that he'd like to live in a shipping container (deck porch optional). Braingrind will no doubt want to live in a mudhut. Everyone else presumably would like to live in a house. The design of which will depend upon the climate of the island and the personal requirements of the occupants just like anywhere else in the world.
Internet
- Need
- 512K down per person
- For
- Teleworking
- IRC
- Nude Girly Pics
- Source
- Satellite?
Location
Need
An Island
For
Living on
Source
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Making_an_Island
http://www.escapeartist.com/International_Real_Estate/Islands_For_Sale/Islands_For_Sale.html
http://realestate.escapeartist.com/P-33382 --Ultima
Maybes
ROFL:
Cardigan Island
Advantages: Not inhabited (by humans, anyway)
Close to Aber
Surrounded/protected by cliffs/seals
Nobody would notice/care
Disadvantages: No natural shelter
No beach
UK soil (duh)
