What is the most self sufficient island on the planet?
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Scenario: this island is cut off from the rest of humanity (magic, war, space alien zoo, etc)
Which island is in the best position to maintain its civilization? Industry? Technology?
Great Britain
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Great Britain
Was gonna say Australia too
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Define island. Contiinents are just big islands.
a piece of land surrounded by water.
The first definition.
I guess that means continents are islands.
Does that mean now that we have the Panama canal that North and South America are separate islands?
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Australia easily
The secret to being a successful island is a greater landmass than most countries on Earth.
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Scenario: this island is cut off from the rest of humanity (magic, war, space alien zoo, etc)
Which island is in the best position to maintain its civilization? Industry? Technology?
North Sentinel Island
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Just make sure those pesky British stay out of your potatoes
It was our grain that they were taking. The potatoes were attacked by fungus.
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Great Britain
Is it self sufficient? From what I understand they're pretty reliant on imports for a lot of things, including agriculture
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a piece of land surrounded by water.
The first definition.
I guess that means continents are islands.
Does that mean now that we have the Panama canal that North and South America are separate islands?
The canal's above sea level, isn't it? Wouldn't that just make it a river that goes over the continental divide?
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The canal's above sea level, isn't it? Wouldn't that just make it a river that goes over the continental divide?
Depends how pedantic we want to be with the definition I guess.
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a piece of land surrounded by water.
The first definition.
I guess that means continents are islands.
Does that mean now that we have the Panama canal that North and South America are separate islands?
a piece of land surrounded by water.
In that case, it would be Africa, Europe, and Asia, since it's all connected.
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This Island - Very difficult for an invading military to find you. Just don't forget to press the numbers... or else...
They relied on regular shipments of supplies. At least the stations did. Even during Desmond's time
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Not only would they just continue living as before, they wouldn't even realize something had changed.
I guess you win this game.
They see planes fly over every so often so those would stop.
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Scenario: this island is cut off from the rest of humanity (magic, war, space alien zoo, etc)
Which island is in the best position to maintain its civilization? Industry? Technology?
australia.
