July 5, 2010 by ItheConsumer.

Looking for a solution to the Deep Water Horizon Catastrophe I was surprised to find the term Offshore Renewable Energy Farms on a quick Google search. And why I will let others explain why every American should own one, the fact that Today’s Experts have these farms producing energy using only a single resource makes me wonder just how far the Institutions of Higher Learning have come in their Thinking. For just as BP has or will have to come to realize that the stand alone Oil Platform of the 20^th Century will no longer be a viable economic option, I would like to challenge the Thinkers of Tomorrow to develop an ORE Farm worthy of the American Dream.

Now, I recognize those over the age of 30 might have a problem telling someone else the many different sustainable resources found in the Gulf of Mexico which Man can harvest for energy, food, and other items needed by Mankinds’ Government and Society. And though I can only go with hydro, solar, and wind machines as renewable electricity as well as natural gas and oil to provide industrial strength energy. Knowing nothing about Plasma and other Harmonics of the Ocean, I hope Captain Aqua can help the Peers and Community Elders realize the Profits which come from a Gulf and/or Sea Platform which can produce multi-sources of energy with a truly American Twist in the Protection and First Response.

For why I know the Institution of Engineering will tell My Elders and Powers-that-Be I’ crazy to believe some ORE Farm can serve as a harvester of hydro, solar, and wind electricity along with the collection and refinement of natural gas and oil while being nimble enough to assist Emergency Operates in the containment, control, and recovery of oil spills and unauthorized discharges. Yet, given what Man has learned to do with the modern farm tractor over the last 30 years, I can only what attachments and network the Children of the 21^st Century can design and build over the next 50-100 years let alone what their grandchildren can discover and develop.

Because why it might be nice to think that someday Mankind will be able to dismiss the idea of drilling a hole in the ground as routine; however, considering the Human Race has not figured out how to stop blowback even in water wells I do believe a few generations of Higher Learning will be required. And why that is not a bad thing I do believe if the Oil Industry and Renewable Energy System can learn to work together for a Common Goal there is hope that someday Americas’ Democratic and Republican Civil, Political, and Religious Leaders can learn to work together in order to help “We the People” build the Best World Ever.

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June 8, 2010 by ItheConsumer.

While I am not a Marina Scientist or a 30 year Seaman I do believe My Brothers and Sisters of the 70’s might have a hard time explaining how a High School Graduate can solve a problem that the Entire World of Experts seem to be unable to fix. Because why I can’t tell President Obama or the Leadership of BP how to deal with the Unauthorized Discharge of Oil from the Deep South Site or Louisiana how to protect the Mississippi Delta using off the shelve products available to the Common Citizen. Nevertheless, as a North Carolinian I can voice My Personal Opinion to My Elected Officials on how I would go about protecting North Carolina Shores, Wetlands, and Waters from Man-made and/or Natural Disasters.

For why it may be hard to believe that some fish net and plastic could hold back the force of the Ocean, knowing that a cost effective reliable temporary seawall system could be quickly deployed to capture, contain, and control Americas’ Waterways out of Plastic Netting I do believe the next major oil spill or discharge will be looked at in a whole new light by everyone. Since why I know that My Cajun and Gulf Friends cannot use the fact that the Deep South Leak could have been easily contained with the slight modification of an Inflatable Jungle Gym on hand or the Stockholders lose of Dividends due to the fact that BP did not have the necessary Societal Tool to deploy a containment field within the first mile of the oil plume. I do believe one of the conditions of the Civil and Criminal Settlement will be that Mankinds’ Engineers will learn the most cost effective reliable method in erecting a preeminent permanent barriers and temporary seawalls to protect Americas’ Investment in the Gulf of Mexico and Her Coastlines from the Mistakes and Wrath of Man and Nature.

However, I can ask and suggest to My Community Elders and Peers what they think about the Coast Guard Reserve be given the task of designing, constructing, and deploying a temporary and permanent seawall along the North Carolina Coast. For seeing that a U-shape Plastic Net could be made deep and wide enough to withstand the pressure of oil spills and discharges effects, I do believe the idea that the same technology can be used to control the effects of a Hurricane will send Americas’ Engineers enough work to keep Labor and Management busy for the next 20 years or so.

And though I know the Mother of Necessity says that we only have to deal with limiting the damages and liabilities of oil spills and discharges. In working on a Comprehensive Plan for the next 100 years I do believe the President of the United States and Congress has the power to insist that the Insurance Institutions look long range to see that Home Owners, Communities, States, and Federal Government and Society can be served by Inflatable Dikes, Seawalls, and Shipping Lanes made from Plastic Netting.  

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