What if...? Part deux

OK I am going to try and answer Elizabeth's question of....have to return the favor since she completed one of mine :-)

What if....we lived in a society of giant sequoia treehouses where you swing on thick vines from house to house?

{Introduction}

When I first read this question I was instantly reminded of the Ewoks on Endor, but in a more modern set up possibly. In Return of the Jedi, the Ewoks used bridges to walk between tree houses and I think we can improve upon that here. The main question would be how modern we would want the settlement. Trees produce pure oxygen so I am not sure adding an airport or helipad would be a good idea ;)

{Ideas}

Here are some ideas I have for the Sequoia project.

• The utopia would be set up in Northern California.
  
• Elevators to reach the upper Canopy of the forest.
• Three levels of structures (Upper Canopy, Crown, and lower Canopy).
• Upper Canopy would have your observation posts, helicopter pads, and other things that should be on the top level
• Crown would be the residential and commercial area.
• Lower Canopy would contain the entrances to the elevators and sanitation servies
• Oxygen containment system that would naturally pipe the pure oxygen through the settlement.
• Sanitation system which siphoned waste to the lower levels of the forest which could be used as fertilizer to help grow food and other products.
• Livestock would be raised at the foot of the trees
  
• Schools the utopia would contain its own educational system and would be certified by the state of California
• Transportation would consist of vines that would allow you to go between dwellings and elevators to enter or exit the upper levels.
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{Conclusion}

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Sequoia treehouse society:

Advantages:

• Pure Oxygen to promote well-being.
• A self-contained society they would be able to survive on goods imported from other areas and if they needed to get things
• Low-crime levels within the utopia
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Disadvantages:

• If the settlement becomes too modern it could upset the production of pure oxygen or even contribute to the destruction of the ozone layer.
• How would they make money to purchase things they needed from the outside? What goods produced would be exportable.
• Inbreeding would be a problem so a solution to introduce new genes would have to be discussed and mandated.
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In conclusion, I think a society in the treetops is possible and could come to fruition. It would need to be well-planned and need funding to get off the ground...pardon the pun ;)