/sci/ - Science & Math

I see a lot of talk about resource scarcity and apprehension about whether or not our modern technological society will be able to carry on much longer.

Ha sit somehow escaped these peoples' notice that we have an entire second Earth worth of resources on our doorstep? A landmass larger than all continents combined, brimming with oil, precious metals and edible biomass? Preindustrial densities of gold, copper, zinc, silver, lithium, magnesium, platinum and rare earths in deposits untouched by mining companies until now. Vast oil deposits too deep for rigs, now being pursued with submersible seafloor oil rigs built by petrobarras of Brazil. An ideal location for submerged nuclear power plants like those built by Flexblue of France. An endless range for seafloor fish farms like those built by Kona Blue.

Oceanic resources will sustain our society for centuries to come, ample time in which to colonize the moon and Mars, given that today we already see private companies building space stations and rockets.

We must someday leave this world. The wealth of the ocean will make it possible. And that's to say nothing of Antarctica.