DEEP OCEAN WATER

REALISTIC SELF-SUFFICIENT COASTAL COMPLEXES
USING DEEP OCEAN WATER AS A RESOURCE

John Piña Craven
Common Heritage Corp.
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.

Abstract
Technology developments at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii have demonstrated that the technology for design, construction and deployment of prototype self sufficient deep ocean water systems is in place. These systems may include, but are not limited to, closed cycle electricity generation, air conditioning and industrial cooling, fresh water generation, coldwater agriculture of most terrestrial crops, and aquaculture of a complete spectrum of marine plants and animals. Economic, political, environmental factors are described which militate against the realization of any capital intensive project in a time scale which will permit amortization of the project. Labor intensive 'developing country projects' are similarly stifled. Realistic projects must, therefore be divorced from the need to raise capital, to employ high priced technology and technicians. They must be capable of being operated and maintained by unskilled personnel and there must be an immediate return in terms of product. In the alternative the project must be unique in its solution of a military or social crisis. The paper describes a number of systems now in the seminal stage which meet these stringent criteria. These include installations proposed for Kahoolawe, Malta, the Cape Verde Islands, Haiti, Mauritius, Tahiti, the Kona Airport, and the new town of Kapolei, Oahu.

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