Updated page March 30, 2025.
So why don’t we build a waterworld?
The project’s name “Conshelf”, was a series of undersea living and research stations undertaken by Jacques Cousteau’s team in the 1960s. The original design was for five of these stations to be submerged to a maximum depth of 300 metres (1,000 ft) over the decade; in reality, only three were completed with a maximum depth of 100 metres (330 ft).
Much of the work was funded in part by the French Petrochemical industry, who, along with Cousteau, hoped that such manned colonies could serve as base stations for the future exploitation of the sea.
Why has no continuation of this kind of buildings continue with new technology, while nowadays people only talk about colonizing the moon. Space for housing on solid land is becoming less and less available.
Some scientists, concedes that living deep underwater for long periods may prove psychologically challenging. “There’s the issue of isolation,” he says. “For mental health, you need sunlight and vitamin D. You can replicate daylight with LED lights but this is another reason to build close to the surface – so people don’t feel so cut off from the world.”
Other scientists say, so many interested parties: governments, mining and cabling companies, the military, the oil industry. “There’s a lot going on down there, and they don’t want anyone monitoring them!” Or maybe they really have found Atlantis!?
(Updated page March 30, 2025.) Through my recent interest through the #Watersupply project, my article that I wrote a couple of years ago has been actualized, as there is development in underwater buildings.
Recently a new project has been started by a “secret Millionaire” who is investing over 100 million in the DEEP project. A modern underwater city! It is about building underwater cities for rental for research or even as private residences.
I am attaching a link to the DEEP website, which gives a complete description. Our Mission – DEEP
In the end, Jacques Cousteau’s idea was not completely without merit, but like many initiators, he was premature with his thinking. Something that I myself have experienced several times through my private inventions.
In addition, in recent years, interest in underground housing in the form of earthquake-proof bunkers has become an investment among millionaires.
Eventually, perhaps new undiscovered worlds will form on our Earth, before we master space.
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