Solution to Steampunk Society’s Population Crisis

At last, our long wait could soon be over! After months of deadlock in the Extraordinary Steampunk Convention, global excitement is growing as rumours of a possible agreement continue to spread.

Do the mayors intend to reforest the world?

Many people have speculated that the meeting of over a thousand mega-metropolis mayors has been stuck in a deathly stalemate between those who support London Mayor Joris Bohnson’s “Startling Solution,” and those who are bitterly opposed to it. Listed below are the most betted upon speculative solutions, as compiled by Bookmakers Mr Proctor and Sons.

1. Build a Giant Bicycle and Ride it to the Moon. Knowing Mayor Bohnson’s penchant for schemes involving bicycles, this remains the firm favourite.

2. Manufacture a series of floating islands that will stay on the surface of the Earth’s oceans even as sea levels continue to rise.

3. Reforest the world again using giant tree planting monolithic planting machines.

4. One child policy. Under this scheme, every woman would only be allowed to give birth to one child. Knowing Mayor Bohnson as we do, this is an outside bet at best - his various liasons have resulted in several babies - and would also fail to have any positive effect in time to stop the world from suffocating.

Tags: Steampunk, Steampunk Metropolis World Cup

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