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One of the simplest systems was suggested by Wayne Gramlich in
his original seasteading paper [Gramlich1999]. It utilizes
plastic 2-liter beverage bottles, which are extremely common,
incredibly cheap, and resistant to sea water. These bottles can
be banded together into hexagonal grids of 7 bottles each. The
grids are then stacked and layered to form a buoyant lattice.
Alternatively, one can use Rich Sowa's method of filling nets
with the bottles. Some sort of rigid surface then needs to be
placed on top of the flotation.
Source: http://seastead.org/commented/paper/designs.html#One_of_the_simplest_systems_was_suggested_by_Wayne
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[Fri Jul 9 17:27:18 PDT 2004-190] Unknown:
Disadvantage: We'd have to drink a lot of Pepsi.
[Wed Apr 6 17:28:23 EDT 2005-95] Chris Moore (NOSPAMgte963t@prism.gatech.edu.NOSPAM):
I am a construction student at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga and I have researched recently the feasibility of constructing cheap, coastal, floating, artificial islands. I utilize this natural hexagon pattern in my plan. However, using High Density Polyethylene 55 gallon drums is both cheaper and more structurally solid. Depending on water density each has about 450lbs of bouyancy. So a hexagonal set of seven ratcheted together with cheap surplus 2" polyester setbelt webbing(6000lb test) has about 3150lbs bouyancy for approx. 25 sq. ft. and weighs 140 lbs. Additionally these containers can be purched for $5 - $10 dollars today on ebay! And I have found that one can acquire them for free from factories and plants if you pay disposal/shipping costs. Anyhow, a honeycomb base of these hexagons forms the foundation for my plans. E-mail me if you are at all interested. My sketched plans are not pretty but the material availability and cost research is complete. It really looks to be an insanely cheap method for creating a suspended soil layer with an artificial water table out of already manufactured or recycled parts.
[Fri Apr 28 03:40:46 PDT 2006-117] Unknown:
get a hobby
[Mon Nov 6 14:08:56 PST 2006-309] You (NOSPAMMysthunter@gmail.com.NOSPAM):
Wow, that is exactly the plan I had before I found this site two. Using 55 gallon drums in a hex. I'm defintely interested in your plans.
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