/sci/ - Science & Math

....However, I will address this:

>What's are the beneficial differences between ocean-based dwellings and land-based dwellings other than having some water over your head?

An abundance of free land, free food and free energy. Put your turbines in the gulf stream and you have uninterrupted renewable power. Position the colony near a seamount and you have a greater density of edible animals on your doorstep than exists in any forest. You can feed a sizable community from an array of traps. Human waste is eagerly consumed by several species that normally feed on fish waste. Living underwater is inherently cleaner as you cannot use the internal combustion engine and buildings are lowered into place rather than being built on clear cut land using polluting construction equipment. On top of all this your surrounding environment contains some of the most stunning natural beauty left on Earth.

I hope that is a satisfactory answer.

>>3605563

>not many people would want to live underwater or at sea for years at a time if it's a pain in the ass to get back to the continents

It isn't, you could simply take a boat back to land whenever. It's not on Mars or something, there's no reason people would be stuck there.

>and there's no real advantages to living there.

Except free land, abundant free food and uninterrupted renewable power from the gulf stream. Also this is the view out of your window every morning (see pic) but other than that, yeah totally, no advantages.

>>3473645

>Maybe I'll be just another rich fuck with a vacation home under the waves.

If you've got 5.5 mil, you can have one of those right now. Pic related, the H2Ome by US Submarines, basically the same pod that's at either end of the poseidon resort but repurposed as a private home.

>Weird question though, what kind of divers do you need? I'm advanced open water and nitrox certified, could I be of any use?

The permanent colony will be at 250 feet. We have plenty of divers on the team already. You'd be more useful for your lawyerin' skills.

Here's the H2ome by the way. Excellent choice if you're obscenely rich and can tolerate the several year wait time while they build it and have it boated out to you. Pic related. I'll never own it. ;o;

>>3117089

>>If I ever do have the money I will build a house on the shore that's half submerged and half up on land. The thought of a big glass room maybe a foot or two under the surface would make for an awesome kitchen and dining hall.

US submarines sells a submerged home, the H20ME, although I'm sure it's beyond expensive.