It sounds to me like a bunch of jealous people in here masquerading as pious individuals who would rather tell everyone else how they should spend their money and on what. Given the suggestions that perhaps you had worked hard enough with a creative idea to afford one of these islands, you too may have decided to purchase one.

I will likely never have enough money to afford something like this, nor can I imagine wanting to buy into this. However, who am I to tell someone else what they can or can’t do with their money, so long as they aren’t killing, or bringing injury and harm to other people in the process.

I’m just wondering, are you the same folks who also want to tell the rest of us to use CFL light bulbs which require HAZMAT clearance for removing broken bulbs in our homes? Are you also the same people who tell us we shouldn’t kill a cow, chicken or fish for dinner? Are you also the same group who has absolutely no problem with killing a baby, so long as the child is still at rest and in development inside the mothers womb?

The reality it that nature will adapt to the changes over time. Any disruption, disturbance, or potential destruction to the current reef will be accommodated by adjustments made in nature to it’s surroundings.

Coral growth can be accelerated. A lot of things can happen. The only thing necessary is will.

Of course the changes that have been made will have side effects. Some people will have to figure out how to make to water as clear as possible. The shoreline problem that Jad Aoud mentioned is also another issue that will have to be taken care of. This is called geoengineering. Of course careful planning is CHEAPER!