Fascinating stuff, and pretty serendipitous to find it based on a weather hold and a "hmm, that's weird." kind of thing. One of the things a marine biologist said to me that struck me was "There are more unexplored areas on this planet than explored, they just happen to be below water."[1]
I often wonder if there is some way to harness these things (seeps) given they often spew methane (which could power gas turbines), and have the kinetic energy in the shooting water which a water turbine could harness. If you were seasteading that might make for a good destination point where you could set up your power station on the ocean floor.[2]
But another interesting point might be to create some sort of observatory here to take measurements and correlate those with seismic activity of the fault. The next time this fault lets go it is going to do a lot of shaking and tidal waving. Any warning could be really really helpful in saving lives.
[1] This in a conversation about "What do research wildlife biologists do given how much we already know about wildlife on this planet."
[2] Yes "crazy engineering challenges, yada yada yada" :-)
I often wonder if there is some way to harness these things (seeps) given they often spew methane (which could power gas turbines), and have the kinetic energy in the shooting water which a water turbine could harness. If you were seasteading that might make for a good destination point where you could set up your power station on the ocean floor.[2]
But another interesting point might be to create some sort of observatory here to take measurements and correlate those with seismic activity of the fault. The next time this fault lets go it is going to do a lot of shaking and tidal waving. Any warning could be really really helpful in saving lives.
[1] This in a conversation about "What do research wildlife biologists do given how much we already know about wildlife on this planet."
[2] Yes "crazy engineering challenges, yada yada yada" :-)