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RE: [Popular STEM] Curating the Internet: STEM digest for May 15, 2021
Thank you for the reply. All good points.
On the issue of population and deforestation, I'm actually a big fan of seasteading to accommodate future population growth, although I'm sure that will bring its own environmental challenges along with it (cooling ocean temperatures in the areas that are shaded from the sun by human habitation, for example). Between the oceans and off-planet excursions, I think we might eventually have more room for growth than we anticipate now.
I tend to agree with you about Copeland and Pager because it's a 2 dimensional game. In the back of my mind, though, I'm thinking that because of the way they climb and swing in trees, monkey intuition must be good with angles and inertia - at least in 3 dimensions.
somewhat strange rotation and the magnetic poles are moving towards Siberia, if the earth leans more where previously there was ice, there will no longer be. and where there is no end there will surely be some coastlines around the world who will suffer for what happened.
Living in the sea sailing does not sound so crazy but the problem is the food if it runs out, or the only way that you always sail along the coast.
About the monkey pager you are right they are agile when it comes to climbing trees and eating bananas, now I wonder, what is the monkey seeing in the second dimension? to react to the game. It will be that it is being manipulated by means of a computer by the implant of the chip.
True, but they are actually working on ocean-based agricultural techniques so that seasteads can farm their own food locally and sustainably. And of course, land-based cities have that problem, too. Millions or probably billions of people already depend upon food shipping for our survival.
I understand, but where will they get the fresh water to water the plants since the salt water would surely kill the harvest, I will have to read the article you sent me in the first answer.
Because living in the ocean would be great but it also has its disadvantages since the sea is constantly threatened by storms and siphons, although on land we are also in danger of natural disasters that appear constantly.
And if we do not go to another planet, it will not kill solar radiation, frozen, or by consuming high carbon dioxide.
Hahaha I think I'm a bit optimistic.
It has been a while since I read about it, but if I recall about the agriculture correctly, there are three main techniques: they use solar-powered desalination for fresh water plants (and also for drinking water); they grow plants that thrive in salt water; and they use large cages to pen marine animals in and farm them.
You're right that there are challenges, though. I hope that the engineers who are working on it will be able to make it safe, but that remains to be seen.
I understand .. Desalination consumes a lot of energy if I remember correctly, I think that for drinking water they should use thermal desalination to evaporate the water to separate the salts and impurity from the salty water and to water the plants, reverse osmosis desalination could be used but this is more difficult since they should use a high pressure pump and pass through a series of filters.
Well the engineers will find a way to use high energy generators in the sea because otherwise desalination will not work.