Many coral reefs are in trouble. Many are bleaching and then disintegrating. Fish hatchery like protected growth pool would have reliably healthy living coral reefs and attendant sea creatures that would supply a surplus of larva to be deflected to seacrete production which I guess electrically forces the larva to deposit in a dense nonliving form. The production rate will depend on the biological activity which needs to be reconciled to the market. The enterprise could use small outposts to cooperate with a variety of natural reefs and undersea towers where stacks of chambers for various rebar armatures gather secrete deposits to form seacrete products. The chambers would be supplied with artificial light and electricity produced by Ambient Heat Recovery means where the net absorption of ambient heat equals the chemical energy put into the product because intermediate energy misrouted within the biomanufacturing process is recycled. Material would be moved in 3D by submersible robots or waldos. Extensive seacrete biomanufacturing would not displace natural coral reefs. The chambers can be set to different temperatures as needed. A large volume of circulating seawater would produce a large amount of net energy with a small temperature drop. Manganese nodule growing and algae based biomanufacturing could be similar.

Aloha,

Charlie

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