From Worldometer (new COVID-19 deaths yesterday):
DAY USA WORLD Brazil India South Africa
June 9 1093 4732 1185 246 82
July 22 1205 7128 1293 1120 572
Aug 12 1504 6556 1242 835 130
Sept 9 1208 6222 1136 1168 82
Oct 21 1225 6849 571 703 85
Nov 25 2304 12025 620 518 118
Dec 30 3880 14748 1224 299 465
Jan 14 4142 15512 1151 189 712
Feb 3 4005 14265 1209 107 398
Mar 2 1989 9490 1726 110 194
9 1704 8970 1954 113 103
10 1610 10018 2349 134 109
16 1248 9830 2798 187 139
Summary: Looking good only for the USA.
When I first started at the University of Hawaii, soon thereafter came the First Energy Crisis towards the end of 1973. Suddenly, renewable energy became a priority for the nation. I recall a trip in 1974 when I first joined the group of hydrogen romantics at the University of Miami, for the first hydrogen gathering, and in a Denver stop was elected chairman of American Solar Energy Society Wind Energy Division. Then I quickly got into growing algae in a raceway as the source for biofuels, while remediating global warming. In 1979 came the Second Energy Crisis, and I was asked to work for Senator Spark Matsunaga. The first bill he asked me to draft was on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion R&D, which became law within a year. I then wrote the first Hydrogen Bill, which took ten years to become an Act.
Returning to Hawaii, in 1982 I helped create the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research, and our first major project was to build an OTEC facility at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority. In those early days, it occurred to me that we might be able to link these various energy and ocean resources topics into an integrated system. At that time the energy leader in the Hawaii State Legislature was Senator Richard Matsuura, who had a PhD in agriculture and had worked with Norman Borlaug for the Green Revolution. We thus came up with the Blue Revolution.
Also when I first arrived at the UH, I met with Kiyonori Kikutake of Japan, who as far back as 1958 had talked about a marine city. In 1972, he and John Craven built a small-scale model of a floating structure, which unfortunately sank, and the remains are still there in Kaneohe Bay. In 1975 he designed Aquapolis (right), the center piece of the Ocean Expo hosted by Okinawa. I had several discussion with him and visited that floating island twice. Both Craven and Kikutake had infectious personalities, so I was sold. I began golfing with John.
More recently, the Seasteading Institute suggested floating cities could restore the environment. I'm a close colleague of Joe Quirk, co-founder of their Blue Frontiers effort and participated in their early efforts.
What I am leading to is that many have suggested a variety of ocean projects, but the Blue Revolution Hawaii team is the first to integrate the various components into an integrated whole, as proposed in our Pacific International Ocean Station, which was designed a decade ago, and last year again presented by Leighton Chong, Benny Ron and I to Aquaculture America 2020. Watch a presentation of this concept to an ocean summit a decade ago hosted by the Seasteading Institute in San Francisco.
- Next generation fisheries.
- Renewable energy, including hydrogen and biofuels.
- Marine biomass plantations.
- And other sustainable resources.
- While enhancing the environment through global change remediation and retardation of hurricanes.
- Should you want to read about some of the science and technology associated with the Blue Revolution, CLICK HERE.
Nine years ago, the Blue Revolution Hawaii blog site presented The Story of the Blue Revolution. During the early period I was also an active reporter for the Huffington Post. There were several articles I wrote, and one was entitled, Blue Revolution. After that Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami devastated the Fukushima nuclear reactors, I suggested:
The Blue Revolution is the Optimal Solution for Japan
- FROM THE BLUE EVOLUTION TO THE BLUE REVOLUTION
- PLANNING BLUEPRINT FOR THE BLUE REVOLUTION
- TOMMOROWLAND AT-SEA
So the next phase will be to actually do something. The funding steps will continue to be adjusted, but as presently conceived:
- Obtain an endowment of $500,000 to the University of Hawaii to kick-off the effort. This has already been attained
- Seek $100,000 to hold a billionaires' summit on the subject in Honolulu. Source of funding? A billionaire. Date: 2022. Current status? Searching.
- Develop a budget of $150 million to design, build and operate the Pacific International Ocean Station. Operational date: 2030. Source of funding? A billionaire team from this summit gathering.
- Build the first ocean city by 2050 to host the World Expo that year. It will be known as the POI Expo, for Pacific Ocean International. Cost? $150 billion. The city itself will be a partnership of international companies.
Some time after 2100, but perhaps 3000, half of our population will live at-sea in mostly self-sufficiency. If the latter time frame, then everyone will have been genetically engineered to be smart, athletic and good looking. The aging gene will have been checked, and births will only be allowed to keep the world population at an optimal level.
HAPPY ST.PATRICK'S DAY to all the Irish, Patricks and me. My big planning item today is what Irish beverage to have tonight. For those so inclined, watch Fred Astaire and Petula Clark in Finian's Rainbow at 8:30PM EDT or 12:30PM Hawaii time on TCM. Rotten Tomatoes only gave it 53/53 ratings, but how can you not remember How Are Things in Glocca Morra?
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