When I was a kid...all they talked about was Humans being able to live in vast undersea domes. I was highly attracted to this idea since I have always been one Hell of a Swimmer as well as I am a Diver along with My Girl trained in some very advanced skills. I have used Heliox and Trimix and if any of you are old enough to remember watching The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau TV Specials in the 60's and The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau...curiously brought to us by DuPont...a Chemical Company....these shows usually shown at 8pm on a Sunday Night....had me convinced that we would all be living underwater and Sea Farming Fish.

This is one thing that I know without a question...the Worlds Oceans...although beautiful above and beneath the surface...are the DEADLIEST MOST LETHAL PLACES ON EARTH. I am a VERY well trained and EXPERIENCED DIVER...but I am NOTHING compared to what the Ocean can suddenly produce within minutes.

Floating Cities in Protected Harbors...maybe. Floating Cities upon the Ocean....would need to be the size of a NIMITZ CLASS CARRIER and be fully Nuclear Powered to exist within the Worlds Oceans. The smaller ships that are part of a U.S. Carrier Group...and they are not so small...say even a Destroyer...a person would be upchucking lunch every time heavy swells or a storm passed.

As far as Massive Subs...the U.S. and Russians have these too...but such enclosure takes a toll on a person. The U.S. Navy is whispered to have OCEAN GOING WATER JETS of great speed and stealth. I have also heard whispers of Covert Ops Ocean Housing which is basically an almost fully submerged sleep and staging Ocean House that can be towed or prepositioned anywhere in the Worlds Waters.

So...in REALITY....since a Nimitz Class Carrier is home to over 5000 people...we already HAVE CITIES IN THE OCEAN! These Carriers are to be replaced by the New GERALD R. FORD CLASS and will not only remain Cities of the Seas but also be home to the U.S. Navy's and Military's as well as home to the U.S. Weapon that will make the FEAR OF NUCLEAR WAR OBSOLETE. They will all house the Free Electron Laser...the only DIRECT ENERGY WEAPON that has been tested and is capable of VAPORIZING all NUCLEAR WARHEADS attached to or deployed in any varieties of methods or forms and this includes Suit Case Nukes...on the face of the Earth.

This is possible because of several reasons...1. The FEL is a LASER that works like a PARTICLE BEAM but without the nasty Radiation Effects. 2. When Fully Installed...on all Carriers and Cruisers as well as Land Based and perhaps even a Aircraft Mounted version...with the help of Multiple Super Computers and a Specialized Satellite Mirrored System and interconnected to a World Wide Radiation Detection Net...will be able to locate every Nuclear Fuel Source on EARTH. 3. Because of the Carriers and Aegis Cruisers that will house the FEL's they can cover the GLOBE with ability to VAPORIZE TARGETS at the SPEED OF LIGHT. I like the idea that we can stop the insanity of a NUCLEAR LAUNCH...and have the ability to VAPORIZE ALL TARGETS with a precision that has never before existed. Split Infinity

As wonderful as these places look? As much as I enjoy the thought? And really - some of those pics are just incredible beautiful?

I HOPE THIS NEVER HAPPENS!!!

Isn't it bad enough we've already raped and ruined the terra? Now we have to DOINK UP the oceans too?



Great thread though! S&F!

peace

I'd rather keep my head in the clouds:

These ideas for floating and undersea habitats and structures are visionary and amazing. Although right now only about 10-12% of the Earths surface is used by humans in some way, there's alot more space to go around. In fact if used correctly and conservatively, the planet can provide for tens of billions of people in the future. There are more than enough resources and arable land, they just would have to be more efficiently and effectively used.

Earth isn't going to be looking like Coruscant anytime soon though.....

They can just as easily become prisons.It's not like you can walk away from an underwater,or floating city for that matter.

Originally posted by FractalChaos13242017

I'd rather keep my head in the clouds

Join me! I could use the company hahahaha

Nice pics, if it would happen
Wait, 1 of them already happened.