BLUE REVOLUTION HAWAII TO HOST TED EVENT

 From the New York Times this morning:

There is a political angle to these trends, of course. The places with the lowest vaccination rates tend to be heavily Republican. In an average U.S. county that voted for Donald Trump, only 34 percent of people are fully vaccinated, according to New York Times data. In an average country that voted for Joe Biden, the share is 45 percent (and the share that has received at least one shot is higher).

Remember Polar Vortex, a term that was tossed about when it got abnormally cold?  Well, there is a new one for today:  Heat Dome.  Or, better yet, Millennium Heat Dome, for what is happening in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia is ten times worse than a 100-year storm, a designation applied when something really bad occurs from Mother Nature.

It was terrible this weekend, and could get worse today.  Yesterday, Lytton BC reached 116 F.   Canada today might become the hottest spot on Planet Earth.  When has that ever occurred?  Then again, Death Valley is expected to reach 122 F today, so maybe not.

However, any human in the region of Death Valley has air conditioning.  How many Canadian homes have this luxury?  Heard that the State of Washington is only around 20% air-conditioned.  I recall once being at my brother's home in Las Vegas, and there was a blackout.  The temperature was around 113 F.  But we went to a casino, which is equipped for those temperatures, and I survived.

So much for vaccines and the heat.  Today, I follow-up on what I started yesterday.  I might have exaggerated a bit.  I'm not taking on a real job beginning today.  However, an organization with which I'm affiliated, Blue Revolution Hawaii, was selected to manage a TED special event this year, and I no doubt will need to help.

Blue Revolution Hawaii was launched a decade ago.   All postings prior to 2021 can be found at that site.  The following was posted yesterday on their blog page:

Members of Blue Revolution Hawaii Board

Leighton Chong: Intellectual property attorney

Benny Ron: Aquaculturist

Patrick Takahashi: Dreamer

John Farias: Agriculturist

Dante Carpenter: Ocean engineer/politician

Emeritus:

George Ariyoshi: Former governor

Fujio Matsuda: Former university president (deceased)

Matthew Matsunaga: Former state senator

Kaiu Kimura: Director of Imiloa

Blue Revolution Hawaii has three goals and targets of opportunity:

• Hold a Blue Revolution summit of billionaires to interact with potential Blue Revolution staff. Presentations will touch on the science, technology, economics, legal, environmental and sociological factors.

• 
  $150 million to design, build and operate the Pacific International Ocean Station (watch a Seasteading Institute presentation) by 2030, an offshore technology transfer platform to initiate the development of marine biomass plantations, ocean ranches, sea biopharmaceuticals, enhancement of marine environment (remediation of global warming and taming of hurricanes) and related fields.  Funding will be sought from a billionaire or two.

• 
  $150 billion to commission the first floating city by 2050.  The private sector will undertake this mission.  The platform will initially be located close to Hawaii to host the 2050 World Ocean Exposition.  The first World's Fair was held a century ago at The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London.  There have been three ocean expos:
• 1975 in Okinawa.
• 1998 in Lisbon.
• 2012 in Yeosu.
• After the expo, the city will be towed closer to the equator to minimize ocean storms.  
• No hurricane is known to have crossed the equator.  
• Plus, the warmest surface temperatures are in this region.  
• Anywhere in the deep ocean, the seawater temperature is 4 C at a depth of 1000 meters, which can thus be combined with the surface waters to generate electricity and produce freshwater, with the resultant effluent utilized to support industries.

• 
  This fluid is rich in minerals in the exact Redfield ratio to serve as a natural fertilizer for biomass plantations and initiating marine growth for ocean ranches.
• The ocean is the next frontier to produce sustainable food, energy and a cornucopia of products, while enhancing the marine and atmospheric environment.

A cost-matching fund to initiate the Blue Revolution has been established with the UH Foundation at the University of Hawaii.  A sum of $500,000 has been endowed for this purpose.

The cost of the project is such that primary funds will not be sought from governments and companies.  The most promising source is likely to be a billionaire, or team of them, seeking a legacy and with the vision to develop the next frontier for future resources in harmony with the natural environment.

To begin the process of fund-raising, we have been granted a TEDx license to organize a Countdown event to link with the upcoming global climate warming discussions preparing for the 2022 28th session of the Conference of Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.  COP3 in 1997 created the Kyoto Protocol and COP21 produced the Paris Agreement in 2015.

While minor adjustments can still be made, the TEDx Blue Revolution Hawaii event will occur on 11 December 2021.  It is our understanding that we can select from other TED talks that will occur this year to complement our local speakers, and even seek input from world leaders in the field to participate remotely.  A working group is being finalized to plan for this event.

These Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Conferences began in 1984, and over 3500 TED talks have been posted and viewed several billion times.  There is now a variety of TED events.  Originally there was only one conference/year at a cost of around $10,000/person to participate.  TEDx  is just one of the spin-offs, targeted for independent events like global warming.  We would very much welcome your involvement.

Tomorrow, I'll again borrow from their posting on the science and engineering associated with their Pacific International Ocean Station (PIOS).  Their TEDx event could very well spur funding for PIOS, leading to the Blue Revolution.

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