Reply To: T-shirt designers unite and take over

[Brian H]

Rematog wrote: Yes, if your talking about the company that was trying to sell condo’s on a giant ship/city that was to sail around and around the world. Yes it was vaporware. The site was not updated and is now down. The people supporting it were a very small group with almost no funding. The condo’s were tiny and expensive (think Central Park view expensive). And the ongoing “fee” for ownership meant that this was to be a community for the very, very rich.

But, yes focus fusion would allow more use of ships. It would take over power/propulsion needs of existing freighters and liners very, very quickly (as fast as they could get them installed, would be my guess). And large “ship board” communities would be a favorite with the rich.

But, more interesting to me, is, would focus fusion allow offshore/underwater habitats to become more viable. It would provide the power/light/heat needed for a very high tech life. What about colonizing the Antarctic. With reliable (multiple units, greater redundancy) cheap power that doesn’t require massive re-supply (oil/coal tankers, etc), it would be possible, to live at the south pole. Underground greenhouses, etc. Very much like living in a space colony. Only the vacuum would be missing.

Yes, it would be very interesting, but aside from giving the penguins a hard time for amusement, what would be the point? O’Neill colonies, now ….