Seasteading – Floating Cities on the High Seas The Seasteading Institute Mission: To further the establishment and growth of permanent, autonomous ocean communities, enabling innovation with new political and social systems. Presented by George L. Petrie Director of Engineering The Seasteading Institute November 30, 2011 San Diego, CA
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Seasteading – Floating Cities on the High Seas
The Seasteading InstituteMission: To further the establishment and growth of
permanent, autonomous ocean communities, enabling innovation with new political and social systems.
Presented byGeorge L. Petrie
Director of EngineeringThe Seasteading Institute
November 30, 2011San Diego, CA
The Grand Vision – Mega-Cities on the High Seas
Seasteading – First Steps
2008 – The Institute is Founded by Patri Friedman
2009-2010 – Developing Strategies to Meet Key Challenges
• Engineering• Legal and Political• Economic and Business
2010-2011 – Activity on Multiple Fronts• Movement Building – over 1,000
contributing members• More than a dozen white-papers and
research reports• Extensive national and international media
coverage;CBS, CNN, NBC, BBC, Forbes, Wired, Yahoo.com, etc.
• Outreach projects;Magellan Network, Ephemerisle, Design Contests, Volunteers and Internships
Physical environment Wind speed – average, 90th and 99th percentile Significant wave height – average, 90th and 99th
percentile Current speed – average, 90th and 99th percentile Bathymetry Air temperature – average, 90th and 99th percentile Sea surface temperature (future enhancement)
Economic and business environment Proximity to urban areas (assuming high-speed ferry) Land-based data-link access (possible use of repeater
buoys) Proximity to sub-sea data cables Per-capita GDP of nearby countries Regulatory burden of nearby countries Proximity to shipping lanes (future enhancement)
Legal and political environment Legal Status (freedom from claim by other nations) Dangerous regions (pirate-infested waters)
Location Study – Environmental Criteria
Location Study – Overall Results for 2 Scenarios
Near-term Strategy – Conversion of an Existing Hull