The three-fourth of the earth holds a lot of potential for us. That is right; I’m talking about the huge undiscovered potential of the seas. When we talk of the hidden potential that the seas hold, we mean all the future possibilities that could use the treasures of the oceans on a large scale through advancements in the field of technology and make us less dependent on resources found onshore.
There have been some developments. For example longest under-sea fibre optics cable connects countries from Germany to Japan and Australia. It carries 4000 encyclopaedia worth of information in a second!
Submersibles take the explorers to the deepest parts of the oceans. These sea vessels require a mechanism to lose weight to rise and sink. But Deep Flight II is a futuristic vessel that has been invented by Graham Hawkes stays the same weight and flies like an airplane.
Then we are making use of the water power in the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion ships. They make energy by pumping in the warm water on the earth’s surface which heats up a low boiling point liquid. This gas generated by heating runs the turbines which produce electricity.
The construction of the largest cruise liner has begun. It is nicknamed the Floating City because of its housing capacity. It can accommodate over 50,000 people and have every building from a school to a hospital and from shops to parks!
Also we should no longer dream of a future of living underwater. It is pretty real now to say the least. In the US, Aquarius is an undersea laboratory near the coast of Florida already.
Fish farming breeds newer and better varieties of fish. This would save us from the disasters of overfishing that is endangering our ecological systems and disrupting food chains. If this practice is encouraged then we could turn our fishermen into fish farmers.
Yet the sea holds the answers to a variety of our problems only if we care to look into this partially exploited reserve. It could be mined for sea life that holds the cure of many incurable diseases in the present day. It could generate greater employment in the newer fids related to marine life – the possibilities are endless only if we choose to care.
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