Peter,
There's
a guy here, out of Santa Barbara - http://www.sbmariculture.com who
is farming shell fish such as oysters, mussels, clams and scallops. I'm
not sure you would need a submarine to do this but heck - why not ! The
waters off Santa Barbara are so calm it's ridiculous, The Channel Islands
protect the area from 90% of the storms. The only time it gets really bad
is when storms create themselves right in the area. Farming the ocean is something where a lot of opportunity
exists. With the problems of over fishing, fish farming could relieve the
pressure of the growing consumption of seafood -- unless of course you're
a vegan ( they can't eat anything that has a face) do mullusks have
faces? I don't know, I know rock cod kind of look at you funny
! Anyway, farming the ocean is not with out it's
problems. Here is an artical about tuna farming down in Ensenda,
Mexico. http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040927/pf/431502a_pf.html
Brian Cox
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 7:45
PM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Aviator
acrobatics and ocean farming
Pilots of Deep Flight Aviator have made a point not to go inverted
with their current oil over acid battery setup.
About farming the sea: years ago it did cross my mind. I was not
considering large scale seaweed or salmon, but smaller high value ideas
- abalone maybe. That would be ranching the sea instead of farming it I
guess. I never got past the "scribble on a cocktail napkin" stage. And
you?
-Peter Korwin
I don't think he is using gel batteries presently but he could.
With gel batteries one could invert the sub. With the solid state
electronics I would think you could cover it with a thick mineral oil as
long as the oil did not break down any of the plastic components.
Brian
Brian Cox
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 8:19
PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST]
Electronics at ambient pressure
I thought Deep Flight was "acrobatic" and could invert. If the
batteries are oil immersed, they can't invert, can they?
Stan
In a message dated 11/26/2004 10:36:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, atozed@juno.com writes:
Hi Brian,
Some times distilled, ultra pure, water is used as an
insulator. Oil works, Deep Flight Aviator uses flooded lead acid
batteries with oil floating on top. But it can be messy.
-PGK
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