XPost: alt.sci.nanotech   
   From: wrcousert@yahoo.com   
      
   I had an interesting idea today for an artificial island. Instead of   
   building up the sea bed, why not build a diamond or carbon nanotube wall   
   that completely encloses an area perhaps 100 square miles or more? The walls   
   would rise up from the ocean floor and extend perhaps a couple hundred feet   
   above sea level. Once the wall is completed, siphon out all of the water   
   within it and you have a dry patch of land to build on. The average depth of   
   Earths oceans is only about 2.5 miles, so there should be plenty of places   
   to do this if we want.   
      
   Will it work? Is diamond strong enough?   
      
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