BLUE REVOLUTION HAWAII TEDx EVENT

On Dec 11 we had a successful TEDx Countdown webcast of talks by 8 leading experts on the potential of open ocean aquaculture for expanding world food supply while reducing Global Warming emissions. The recorded Talks have been uploaded to TEDx for review and may be selected in a month or so for TED's Library of Talks. In the meantime, here are the individual talks:

Pat Takahashi: https://vimeo.com/657074946/8f1aa884f8

Neil Sims: https://vimeo.com/657075206/1e77736f9c

Luis A. Vega: https://vimeo.com/657075716/7c7b3490b0

William A. Spencer: https://vimeo.com/657076364/ec505c1150

Mathew Goldsborough: https://vimeo.com/657076743/156650f706

Shaun Moss: https://vimeo.com/657077047/48d398f963

Dawn Lippert: https://vimeo.com/657077455/95b82612b2

Tetsuzan Benny Ron: https://vimeo.com/657077865/22e3a3e458

Additionally click on the Blue Revolution Hawaii website to:

• Visit the  Nature Conservancy advocacy of the Blue Revolution for Sustainable Aquaculture Production.
• Watch the BRH video for the Pacific International Ocean Station.
• Details about the eight speakers, including chairman:

Leighton Chong, intellectual property attorney, Chairman of TEDx Event

Pat Takahashi,  PhD, Professor of Engineering and Director of Renewable Energy at University of Hawaii

“The Time for the Blue Revolution Is Now”

Neil Sims, MSc (Zool, UNSW), Founder/CEO, Ocean Era Inc, Kona, Hawai’i

“To the Blue Horizon – Our Oceans as a Salve for Our Ailing Earth”

Luis A. Vega, PhD, Renewable Energy Consultant, formerly at UH/HNEI

“OTEC Carbon-Free & Renewable Power for Ocean Farming & Beyond”

William A. Spencer, Founder Hawaii Oceanic Technology, Inc., Mariculture Evolution Group

“Automated Open Ocean Fish Farming Platform”

Mathew Goldsborough, Chief Technology Officer, Forever Oceans

"Oceans of Data: Technology, Transparency & Future of Open-Ocean Fish Farms"

Shaun Moss, PhD, Executive Director, Oceanic Institute, HPU

"Improving Production Efficiencies in Aquaculture Through Selective Breeding"

Dawn Lippert, Exec Director Elemental Excelerator, Chair Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative AB

“Building Community Intelligence” (first presented at TEDx 2021 Countdown Summit, Edinburgh)

Tetsuzan Benny Ron, Ph.D., Aquaculture Specialist, Blue Revolution Hawaii, AquacultureHub

“Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA) for Ocean Farming Systems”

Special thanks also to Amnon Ron, chief operating officer of CME Congresses in Israel, for providing superior technical assistance.

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BLUE REVOLUTION HAWAII WILL HOST A TEDx EVENT

Blue Revolution Hawaii, spearheaded by Leighton Chong, has been feverishly at work to produce a TEDx event with a Blue Revolution theme for world-wide showing on VIMEO on Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 9AM (Hawaii time).  Click on the following to watch the entire program:

https://vimeo.com/event/1626291/26ac0fde98

1.  Patrick Takahashi                                           9:00 AM HST
“The Time for the Blue Revolution Is Now”
 
2.  Neil Sims                                                        9:20 AM HST
“To the Blue Horizon – Our Oceans as a Salve for Our Ailing Earth”
 
3.  Luis A. Vega                                                   9:40 AM HST
“OTEC Carbon-Free & Renewable Power for Ocean Farming & Beyond”
 
4.  William A. Spencer                                       10:00 AM HST
“Automated Open Ocean Fish Farming Platform”
 
5.  Mathew Goldsborough                                  10:20 AM HST
"Oceans of Data: Technology, Transparency & Future of Open-Ocean Fish Farms"
 
6.  Shaun Moss                                                 10:40 AM HST
"Improving Production Efficiencies in Aquaculture Through Selective Breeding"
 
7.  Dawn Lippert                                                11:00 AM HST
“Building Community Intelligence" (first presented at the TEDx Countdown Summit, Edinburgh)
 
8.  Tetsuzan Benny Ron                                    11:20 AM HST
“Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA) for Ocean Farming Systems”
                                                               [END:  11:40 AM HST]
 

We welcome your viewing of the FREE Binge-Watch Series webcast!

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FUNDING FOR THE BLUE REVOLUTION

Today, I would like to publicly initiate an effort I've been developing for 30 years, for I got an e-mail from a member of the Blue Revolution Hawaii board, who said, there might be a possible link to a person who can provide funds for our cause.  Can you draft me a possible letter of introduction?  I said, I needed to know who that person was because any communication had to be tailored to that individual.  I sent something generic anyway:

Dear 

A pioneering group in Hawaii called Blue Revolution Hawaii has spent the past decade developing the foundation for a new concept to save Planet Earth and Humanity, while providing free enterprise profit and enhancement of the marine environment.  The monumental accomplishments of society have been for war (Manhattan Project) and world dominance (Apollo Project).  In the meantime, global warming has become a serious threat. 

In the ocean around us is the solution to remediating the Greenhouse Effect and preventing the formation of hurricanes. All geoengineering concepts currently seem focused on goading Mother Nature at astronomical cost. 

Around the world, at a depth of 1000 meters, the deep water temperature is around 4 C.  If brought to the surface, combined with the warmer temperature, electricity can be generated.  Further, this fluid is pathogen-free and rich in nutrients in the exact ratio needed to regenerate growth at the surface. 

Next generation fisheries and marine biomass plantations can be supported with this "free" fertilizer.  The macro/micro algae growth  can be converted into biofuels and other bio-products.  The total system for clean energy production provides baseload electricity and a sel-sustainable opportunity for a cornucopia of commodities, including freshwater.

This is the BLUE REVOLUTION awaiting imaginative leadership for someone seeking a legacy.  There are three phases:

1. A grant of half a million dollars to the University of Hawaii to host a summit for interested billionaires and their staff in Hawaii to produce a strategic plan for the Blue Revolution.
2. $150 million to build a floating experimental facility by 2030 in the Hawaiian EEZ, where the deep ocean and surface waters will be used to generate electricity and produce freshwater through ocean thermal energy development (OTEC).  

1. This effluent will then be maintained in the photic zone where the marine growth cycle can be initiated to start next generation fisheries and marine biomass plantations.  
2. On the platform, technology transfer activities will develop novel ways to produce hydrogen, biofuels, biopharmaceuticals and a range of potential products.  
3. Techniques will be tested to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.  
4. At this early stage, hurricanes actually pose a problem, but if enough of these ultimate plant ships are placed in sites where they form, ocean storms can be ameliorated.

3. $150 billion to establish the first floating city and industrial park complement to host a million people.

1. Port headquarters in Honolulu Harbor at the Aloha Tower.  
2. The 2050 World Expo will be hosted on this marine city, 200 hundred years after the first held in London.  
3. The floating structure will be towed near the equator, where early future metropolises will be located.  Hurricanes do not get close to the equator.  
4. With control of hurricanes, many of these ocean cities can be located at more desirable sites.
5. In time, there could well be a 1000 floating countries, each with its own governance and lifestyle.  Hope the United Nations can mature to handle this crowd.

The following references provide details:

• A powerpoint presentation by Patrick Takahashi, who wrote the original OTEC bill when he worked for Senator Spark Matsunaga.
• Chapter 4 of SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth.
• From the Huffington Post:

• Blue Revolution
• The Ultimate Ocean Ranch

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As you might know, several years ago I endowed my penthouse to the University of Hawaii to start the Blue Revolution program on the Manoa Campus.  It has been awaiting cost-matching so we can begin to operate.

The key to the Blue Revolution is this imaginative billionaire, or, hopefully an armada of them.  Here is a blog site on this subject.  Mind you, they're having a tough time these days, for the world is suffering from this coronavirus pandemic.  From Forbes:

• There are now only 2,096 billionaires, 226 fewer than last year.
• Plus, 51% or poorer than in 2019.
• Their combined value is now "only" $8 trillion, an annual drop of $700 billion.

Many of the adventurous rich dream of conquering outer space.  I've had this dilemma because I think, at this stage of development for society, we need to focus on what we need on this globe first.  Then, last night, a sudden inspiration that has catalyzed much of my life:  why don't we do both?  Sure, there is enough money to get started on that mission to Mars, but, in parallel, also focus on what can be done here on Planet Earth for all of Humanity.

There is that global warming inconvenience, of course.  But what if there is a higher order challenge that incorporates reducing the Greenhouse Effect?

The ocean is that vast unknown and potential site for the cornucopia of benefits:  sustainable products and energy, next generation fisheries, reversing global warming, preventing hurricanes, establishing marine cities and the like.  The would be the Blue Revolution.

So at this initiation stage, Blue Revolution Hawaii seeks $75,000 to host that first billionaire's summit to justify $500,000 to begin serious planning for the Pacific International Ocean Station (PIOS), which is currently estimated to cost $150 million when commissioned in 2030.  For additional information:

• Contact Patrick Takahashi at PatKenTak@hotmail.com.
• Details can be found at 2020 Blue Revolution Hawaii

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BLUE REVOLUTION HAWAII 2020

THIS IS A NEW SITE OF BLUE REVOLUTION HAWAII.  OUR PREVIOUS POSTINGS CAN BE ACCESSED HERE.

Aquaculture America met last month at the Hawaii Convention Center.  Two years ago we gave a talk in Las Vegas at the Paris Hotel to this same group on the Blue Revolution.

Did you know that the ocean contributes $2.5 trillion to the global economy?  The U.S. runs a $15 billion seafood trade deficit.

We were the opening speaker of our session:

BLUE REVOLUTION HAWAII:

Proposal for a Pacific International Ocean Station

                                                                                by

Leighton Chong

Benny Ron

Patrick Takahashi

ABOUT THE CO-AUTHORS

•Benny Ron:  Israeli genetics and aquaponics specialist

•Leighton Chong:  New York City practice in intellectual property and international law

•Patrick Takahashi:  Hawaii biochemical engineer

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

•Blue Revolution Hawaii was formed nearly a decade ago to develop the Blue Revolution.

•Agreements of cooperation have been made with various international universities, companies and government organizations.

•The primary purpose is to build the Pacific International Ocean Station

AMONG THE HISTORICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE CO-AUTHORS

•1975:  Experimented with using microalgae for biofuels and remediation of global warming

•1980:  Wrote the original congressional legislation for OTEC and Hydrogen, both becoming law.

•1990:  Guided the 250 kW open cycle OTEC facility at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority

•1992:  Presented the first paper on the Blue Revolution at the first large-scale floating platform international gathering.

•1999:  Published The Ultimate Ocean Ranch in Sea Technology

WHAT IS THE BLUE REVOLUTION?

CORNUCOPIA OF BENEFITS

•Clean energy

•Hydrogen and biofuels

•Freshwater

•Next generation fisheries

•Remediation of global warming

•Prevention of hurricane formation

THREE STAGE PROGRAM

•Secure half a million dollars to host a symposium for billionaires

•$150 million:  Pacific International Ocean Station near Hawaii in 2030 as the showcase exhibit for a World’s Fair

•$150 billion:  First Ocean City at the equator in 2050 and a follow-up Ocean Expo (the first World’s Fair was held in London in 1851)

At the end of the talk a couple of people came up to discuss future options.  At least one of them appears to have a link with potential big money.  Blue Revolution Hawaii currently has half a million dollars endowed at the University of Hawaii to initiate the program.  We are seeking at this time matching funds to host a summit of billionaires or their staff interested in the concept.