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The Venus Project presents
'Cities in the Sea' ♪
We often speak of underdeveloped land areas
but rarely of the greatest undeveloped natural resource on the planet:
the world's oceans.
Although humans used the oceans of the world for thousands of years
as a source of food and transportation,
we are only now beginning to recognize the enormous potential
and diversity of this relatively untapped resource.
The oceans offer an almost limitless environment for food,
energy production, minerals,
pharmaceuticals, and much more.
If intelligently managed,
the oceans will easily supply more than enough resources
to feed the world's hungry.
To fully utilize this bountiful wellspring of resource,
the future may embrace the development of large marine structures
designed to explore the relatively untapped riches
of the world's oceans.
Ultimately, the development of these ocean communities
will greatly relieve the land-based population pressures
and be designed to support and sustain
the environment of the land and sea.
The population of such cities
can vary from several hundred to many thousands,
and be located throughout the world.
These would all be managed and operated by automated systems
and be part of the international communications networking system.
Many of these cities can serve as universities and research centers
where students from all nations of the world
would study marine sciences and management.
They will also serve as monitoring stations of ocean currents,
weather patterns, marine ecology,
pollution control and management, and geology.
In addition, robotic submersibles
will be used in deep ocean exploration.
The oceans are, after all, essential to our survival
and a critical part of the earth's carrying capacity.