TOMORROWLAND AT-SEA

Someone asked me, if the POI Expo floating city begins its life in the Hawaiian EEZ, why will it be moved to the equator.  Very simple:  hurricanes.  No hurricane has been known to pass through the equator.  Also, the OTEC system is most efficient at the equator.

Picture, then:

• A floating city of a million people, with an annual tourist flow of 10 million.
• Both Disney-at-Sea and Marine World.
• Homes and hotel rooms with views of the ocean, above sea level and below, where whales, sharks and other sea life will pass by.

• Air conditioning will be provided naturally by the OTEC effluent, similar to Honolulu, which is close to having many of its office, condo and hotel buildings cooled by deep ocean water.

• The real estate on which the city floats is free.
• Deep ocean water is very high in nutrients, which will be fed to the adjacent marine biomass plantations, providing free fertilizer, for the composition is at the ideal Redfield ratio.
• Clearly, too, irrigation will be free.

Further, and the Seasteading Institute will appreciate this, POI Expo eventually will need to be out of the Hawaiian Exclusive Economic Zone, to become the first floating city to seek membership in the United Nations.  Theoretically, any population base with a government, schools and independence can qualify. The enormity of this first acceptance can be appreciated when you consider that someday there could be a thousand and more floating cities.  What better way to engender world peace if floating cities will be neighbors from China, the Middle East, Africa, Europe.....

Why would anyone want to join the UN?  Now that's, a good question.

In time, there will be a critical mass of these ocean platforms that these cyclonic storms like Dorian will be eliminated.  Mind you, this is a controversial issue because many countries depend on hurricanes to provide water.  But there are other safer ways.

Here is how the POI Expo floating city will function.  A population of a million is sufficient to support a thriving economy, especially if the exports have value.  This concentration can justify a major symphony, sponsor professional sport teams and have a major university, especially one focusing on the ocean and sustainable development.

Industries:

• Marine biomass plantations will provide biofuels, food, nutraceuticals and more.
• Ultimate Ocean Ranches will be energy neutral (as compared to land-based farms which are energy consumers) and someday supply the world with whale shark steaks and a wide range of seafoods.

• Hydrogen can be produced, and by 2050, Rinaldo's hydrogen clipper should be fully operational to serve as the air transport service, while transporting hydrogen to other airports.  Read my HuffPo on this prospect.  The hydrogen economy by then will be booming.

• As Honolulu is less than 1500 miles from the equator, a hydrogen liner traveling at 300 MPH can reach POI Expo in five hours.  From the West Coast to POI Expo, 10 hours.  No reason why this lighter-than-air-ship can't go faster when the technology improves.

• With the addition of some nitrogen, the site using OTEC should be able to suck up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to earn tax credits for remediating global warming.
• We thus will have a marine metropolis that will also be powered by renewable energy, while preventing the formation of hurricanes, thus enhancing the environment.

The ocean around us could well be the simple solution for the future of Planet Earth and Humanity.  On with the Blue Revolution.

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Hurricane Dorian increased to Category 3 last night, but returned to Category 2 status this morning.  The Carolinas will be tormented by rain, flood, storm surge and winds over the next couple of days.  Looks like Dorian will make landfall over North Carolina tomorrow, with eye over Beaufort.

This storm crawled through the Bahamas at from 1 to 2 MPH.  Now up to 8 to 10 MPH, Dorian should move quickly through North Carolina into the Atlantic still as a Category 2, and head in the general direction of Nova Scotia.

The Atlantic remains fertile for hurricane formation:

The next storm of consequence will be Gabrielle, except that she will not reach hurricane strength and will also steer towards Nova Scotia.

In the West Pacific, Typhoon Lingling at 138 MPH hammered Miyakojima (Japan's solar center) and will next affect Kumejima (where there is an OTEC facility).

Lingling will then head for North Korea.  

However, Tropical Storm Faxai just formed, will attain typhoon status, with the current projected track showing the eye over Tokyo on Monday.

If you're flying into Narita or Haneda on Sunday, be watchful.

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