Here is a new video slides presentation from the Thomas Paine Institute (TPI), which is an Objectivist think tank aligned with Anthemism. You can open this video from its website, as the last item in the “Visions” navigation menu.
https://www.thomaspaineinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/TPI-Summary.mp4
It was suggested to me in a private meeting, that pontoons can create “land” in open water. So I looked up this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_Point_Floating_Bridge
“The floating bridge is laid atop 77 concrete pontoons that float above the water and are secured by 58 anchors to the lake bottom.[66]”
“Of the pontoons, 21 are longitudinal pontoons that support the deck and structure and are 360 by 75 by 28 feet (109.7 m × 22.9 m × 8.5 m) and weigh 11,000 short tons (10,000 t);[65] 54 smaller supplemental pontoons, weighing 2,500 short tons (2,300 t), are used to stabilize the weight of the bridge; and two “cross” pontoons, weighing 10,100 short tons (9,200 t), are sited at each end of the floating span at transitional spans, which connect the deck to fixed bridges and approaches using hinges to move up to 24 inches (61 cm) for fluctuations in lake water levels moving the pontoons.[66] All the pontoons are designed with watertight compartments that are monitored remotely with sensors to detect leaks that could lead to catastrophic failure”
The anchoring cables are always tight. They allow vertical motion, but not lateral motion. It also helps that the bridge is in a lake, and not in an open ocean (the big lake separating Seattle and Bellevue).
Can this work on a seamount, in an open ocean ? A floating city anchored by cables to the floor of the seamount, the same way as this bridge?
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