There's a trick to it. You can run a current under salt water, and calcium carbonate builds on either the anode or cathode - forgot which. Some rebel scientists have been using this to build coral reefs, since its the same thing, and the corals happily attach to it. The mainstream scientists tried to shut it down, but I think now they're trying to pretend they always did it.
Use that to build structures. You build a wire cage in the shape you want, electrify it, and in a few days you get a shell stronger than concrete, and watertight if you do it right. This part is 100℅ my own idea. You could use this for underwater construction. The shape matters a lot, too. Barges can't go to sea because waves wreck the flat shape. So make it a vertical pile, with more underwater than above. Waves can't do much, if anything, to that shape.
Its a lot of stuff that hasn't been done yet, so right now it would be more difficult than finding a nice cave, but I think it can be easier, once it's all figured out. And it scales almost infinitely. And it gives easy access to food.
yeah, this idea of electolytically depositing calcium is pretty way rad tho... and indeed, sea water does absorb quite a bit of radiation, you'd probably still want to put a tin foil and carbon layer in the structure somewhere
also, calcium hydroxide is Ca+[OH-]2 so it has a net negative charge which means it would have to be the positive electrode that grows calcium
i'm picturing the use of rebar grids formed into your shape and then weld in a lot of smaller, thinner segments and finally staple over it with fine titanium mesh so it seals up fast and fully, then you would just run it until it's as thick as it needs to be... might need to make it multiple layers thick, but i can easily imagine a bell/dome shaped structure with a long bottom end on it that holds water below the level at elevated air pressure in the rest of the chamber, just a matter of pumping the air in, and it would act to make it buoyant as well, and it just then needs to be firmly tethered on some heavy anchored stainless steel cables to stop it moving around too much and flipping open
still, such a corrosive environment, but then i guess you could have small floating solar panels that maintain a fairly constant electrical current that keeps them steadily accreting calcium rather than rotting the metal
also, just occurs to me that you could add glass fibre matrix to that and have the calcium accrete through it and give it incredible tensile strength, something that would be difficult to achieve with normal concrete, because of the low gravity effect and osmosis
Excellent ideas! I really want to get in the water and start trying things out. That's part of why I was looking at moving to Hawaii.
Between wave action, solar, and OTEC, I think these structures would have more energy than they'd know what to do with. That energy could pulse parts of the structure needing reinforcing - no reason I say pulse, but I suspect you can make it more efficient that way - or mine sats, or do energy intensive chemical conversions, which will be needed for converting algae-oil (can't remember the more official name) into a variety of useful products. Have nearby mariculture cages for food. Grow living reefs on some part of your home structure. Float out in deep water for OTEC but also because its basically free real estate, in that there's nothing living out there to potentially mess up. And there's enough open water out there, this method of homesteading - self sufficient, energy rich, seasteading - could easily accommodate the entire human population at current levels, leaving biodiverse areas like estuaries (where we built all of our cities) to nature. Of course, we won't, but its possible.
ah yeah, if you can convert atmospheric oxygen to nitrates you can feed plants too, that's the main thing the sea has little of
well, it sounds like fun science but i'll still prefer the high prairie... i've always loved that kind of landscape anyway... i spent a lot of time in Sofia, Bulgaria which sits in the middle of a fairly large plateau about 600m and in several spots in the mountains around it there is thermal springs... i mean, i love that place but thermal spring, a little too close to the lava for my taste... in that region my preferred location would be nearby Rila mountain, Bansko, around there
here in Madeira the feature of mountains that is very handy is the way the rocks soak up and leak back out such a vast quantity of water continuously... it's mostly arid on the surface, but with a myriad of springs around and that water is perfect for drinking, almost a waste to be using it to wash but it is what it is
the most important thing, for your projects though, is that you have to consider that radio conditions may be so rough at times that you lose all that electrical infra and if that's the life spring there then you are in trouble, that's another thing about where i'm planning to head to - plenty of coal in the ground, plenty of carbon sources around
Well we don't really know when the magnetic field will drop, or for how long, or how much warning we'll get. Maybe its next year, or maybe we still have a couple hundred years. I think the most important thing is to EXPAND humanity (caps just for emphasis, I'm not shouting). I think we're rational beings, and we should push our inventions as far as we can imagine. Someday, we might colonize other worlds - but to do that, we have to prove that we can colonize the more favorable conditions on earth, like the deep ocean and Antarctica. I'm all forcolonizing Mars, but if we haven't even tried colonizing the oceans, much less Antarctica, then we simply don't have the know-how to do it. And its more than just living there - it has to be self sufficient, meaning local manufacturing.
The potential radiation issues can be engineered around. A wire cage over the whole top could be enough to protect the more delicate electronics. The most important thing is to start doing it. Next time someone tries it, they need to bring bazookas, to keep the governments off their backs.
indeed, the potential for irritating interference is there
personally i just want to be hermit with laboratory far from anyone and experiment with my ideas about gravity, magnetism and electrostatics... the "build to survive a massive tidal surge of a pole shift" is a somewhat new addition to the formula and it's important because if i'm experimenting with electricity i have to have some reasonable protections against my gear getting wiped out by a stray CME, so i can't do that lab without covering it with carbon and tin lined
i don't think the consequences of multiple successive massive loss of grid infrastructure can really be exaggerated... the current terrestrial electrical infrastructure is vulnerable, and Helene has amply demonstrated that... whole regions of the Appalachia are gonna be without grid power for possibly years, and this was just a storm, add an X-20 flare AS WELL AS THE STORM you see what i'm saying there
just my view on it, i have fairly high confidence of seeing this problem erupt within 30 years and i'll still be around to see it and i don't plan on being caught out
and yeah, that's also why i have in mind to go to wyoming... the guns... and why i mean to keep the outward appearances as plain as possible, and inconvenient to inspect
just don't want to be anywhere that people with bad intentions might stumble on my stuff and mess with it
so it's mostly going to look like a humble hermitage with some gardens and lots of sheep, goats and chickens, and a shed full of small industrial stuffs and workshop, so i can build the flood refuge and protected laboratory... indeed, i want to sleep in a protected environment... like you say, the big pulse of radiation could come any time, or not at all, i'd rather not be ever sleeping without tin, concrete, substantial soil and a carbon shield around my living space
the crappy little hermitage shack will just be there for guests and appearances
I like Wyoming too. We could be neighbors. By neighbor, I mean a radius 10 miles of blessed emptiness around me, at least. And no roads. I hate roads.
But I also like cities in Asia. Not cities in America. Never been to Europe. I need all three, with reasonable assurances that nosy criminals that wear ties are properly dealt with. Asia city, rural homestead, experimental seastead. All extremes, and everything in between the extremes is an abomination. Suburbia should be bulldozed.
small towns in eastern europe are pretty awesome, people are totally chill
in the cities, not so good, usually the old grannies used to doing snitch duty still watching out their window all day long
I used to think isolation was the key to ensuring personal liberty. Now, reluctantly because I’m a loner, I think like-minded community is key.
When you have a patch of bare dirt around a single plant you want, weeds colonize the dirt and choke out your plant. But if you plant many things that you want there and cover the dirt, weeds have a much harder time getting established, and your crop thrives.
i agree, but this just means i need to go somewhere far enough from the normies and close enough to useful resources and find people who will move to form such a community around me
it has to happen, and this, IMO is the primary purpose of Nostr at this point in history... to bring us all together so we can form our enclaves
i've seen so much government and criminal bullshit (but i repeat myself) in my life that i would prefer to be on the other side of a shotgun pointed in the direction of the next thieving government bitch who tries to rape my life
I've come to same realization recently myself.
this is also my opinion
and i will have no yapping mutts on my establishment, and i will have a little enclosure for visitors to contain the yaps of their visiting animals so i never hear these imbecilic animals again while i stand within my domain
council roads, yeah, but dirt/gravel tracks, this is fine... i also intend to have a vehicle that will even get through a bad bit of mud (engine powered cable with hook) and yes, a diesel that can run even with no battery in it
No yapping mutts, indeed! If a dog can't hunt, the dog is food. Hunting dogs are not yapping dogs.
Also part of why I hate roads is that community is sacred. A marketplace or a council or a church - all are profaned by ease of access. An hour to walk to a gathering is an hour of either meditation or conversation with your people. Driving invokes rules, invites attackers, and minimizes the opportunity for contemplation. Utter profanity.
Solitude is also sacred. The value of both community and solitude are reduced by roads. IMO. And the value of both is increased with a walking stick. And they'd be even more valuable with a cloak. We have to being back cloaks.
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