{"id":3576,"date":"2013-01-17T22:33:44","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T21:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/?p=3576"},"modified":"2013-01-18T02:02:53","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T01:02:53","slug":"phd-thesis-establishing-offshore-autonomous-communities-current-choices-and-their-proposed-evolution-miguel-lamas-pardo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/2013\/01\/phd-thesis-establishing-offshore-autonomous-communities-current-choices-and-their-proposed-evolution-miguel-lamas-pardo\/","title":{"rendered":"PHD thesis: Establishing offshore autonomous communities: current choices and their proposed evolution (Miguel Lamas Pardo)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Miguel-Lamas-Establishment-of-Autonomous-Ocean-Communities-English-FIXD.pdf\">Miguel-Lamas-Establishment-of-Autonomous-Ocean-Communities-English FIXD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Found via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seasteading.org\/2012\/10\/miguel-lamas-pardo-presents-seasteading-dissertation-at-university-francisco-marroquin\/\">Seasteading Institute Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">&#8220;Establishment of autonomous ocean communities: current options and their future <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">evolution&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Dissertation presented as a requirement to obtain a Doctoral Degree in Naval Architecture <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">and Ocean Engineering.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">The idea of establishing floating cities in the oceans has been addressed in the past within the <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">ambition of both science and art, though rarely with rigor or detail.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">The objective of this dissertation is to provide an orderly framework around this idea as to <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">why humanity has sought out to establish such cities. To this end, we have established a more <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">ample definition to the term &#8220;Oceanic Colonization&#8221; which we define as &#8220;The establishment of <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">autonomous communities in the oceans aboard artificial platforms&#8221;. Additionally, we distinguish <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">four forms of ocean colonization for four distinct purposes: 1) to expand landholdings; 2) to <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">provide mobile settlements; 3) to allow for semi-permanent mobile settlements in order to have <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">access to marine resources; 4) and for the creation of micronations. It is this fourth concept that <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">will serve as a departing point to review the whole idea of oceanic colonization.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">Thus, the objective of this dissertation is to analyze all the possible options (both present and <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">future) permissible within the scope of Naval Architecture and Oceanic Engineering for the <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">establishment of autonomous offshore oceanic communities which would allow for the creation of <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">oceanic micronations. At the same time, we shall try to project the evolution of the other three <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\">forms of oceanic colonization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Sustainable Energy Production: wind, solar, photovoltaic, geothermic, tidal, marine currents, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, which produces fresh water as a by-product). These <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">sources can be located on the platform itself or on &#8220;satellite&#8221; platforms around the colony.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>one annoying and recurring feature is that the author does not mention nuclear power. it is especially strange given that Russia is already building floating reactors &#8211; with excess energy production, not just using it for its own propulsion. nuclear energy is surely the future. the fuel can also be extracted from seawater (uranium, thorium).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>see <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_floating_nuclear_power_station\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Russian_floating_nuclear_power_station<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Oasis of the Seas<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">This vessel was commissioned by Royal Caribbean international in February 2006 and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">launched in late 2008. It set a new record, accommodating over 6,000 passengers. It is also the <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">first ship to incorporate the concept making a cruise ship with seven themed areas called <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">neighborhoods45, a concept similar to that used in the planning of theme parks, providing <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">passengers with a wide variety of experiences based on their personal preferences and styles. in <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">this sense, it is practical concrete application of a themed cruises, but in this case seven different <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">themes opposed to the single themed cruise ships mentioned earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>crazy. 6000 passengers?!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miguel-Lamas-Establishment-of-Autonomous-Ocean-Communities-English FIXD Found via the Seasteading Institute Blog. &#8212;- Abstract &#8220;Establishment of autonomous ocean communities: current options and their future evolution&#8221; Dissertation presented as a requirement to obtain a Doctoral Degree in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering. The idea of establishing floating cities in the oceans has been addressed in the past within the ambition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1925,1107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-form","category-science","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3576"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3579,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3576\/revisions\/3579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}