The Seasteading Institute

Reply To: capistor

[quote=capistor]

OceanPhoenix, why would a single family be too small? Plants do not need the same accommodations as people. On a somewhat related note to this thread, I learned that milk and potatoes form a complete diet.

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What I meant was that the mangroves would be too few in numbers to form a significant part of a diet. It would be fine for all the other uses.

*thought* What we need is mangroves with very nice-tasting fruit, and create a delicacy which can be sold for a good amount of money.

*another thought* See if we can find a way to efficiently farm truffles in a small space. They sell for hundreds of pounds each. The only thing is, unless we can simulate the perfect environment, they wont grow (at least, I dont think they will, they apparently seem to pick and choose where to grow)

and jack, it depends on which sea. For instance, you wouldn't want to build a seastead in the middle of the atlantic, or the pacific, and definitely not the north sea.