Earth Based Prototype of a Stanford Torus Space Settlement

Good point I like that. The thing I am trying to create is a new franchise business with a perpetual and irrevocable requirement to tithe to nonprofit causes one of which will be the LTC (Leaving The Cradle) Society, or whatever name is finally selected for this project. The first use of money will be to design and construct an Earth based Stanford Torus prototype housing 10,000 people in an experiment to determine methods and procedures under which they can live harmoniously for an extended period. Food will be grown adapting results from Plantlab in the Netherlands, a company using LED grow lights in multi-storied underground farms. Plantlab claims food growing efficiencies up to 40 times greater than conventional outdoor farming. I was born and raised on a small farm in Arkansas, just South of Missouri, and I would like to believe Plantlab's claims but the company is going to have to "Show Me." From one perspective, however, the Stanford Torus will be nothing more than a farm with 10,000 live in workers. Several of the areas between the six spokes leading from the center to the torus will be outfitted with Six Flags type of equipment. From this perspective, the Stanford Torus will be a family entertainment center. At least one of the areas will have a casino with shows typical of an adult entertainment center. Finally, space information will be available such that this can be viewed as a large space exhibit. My present plans are to build the prototype in the USA. If this is a financial success it will be replicated on each continent and perhaps even on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. LTC plans to investigate with the Dirigo Energy Institute an ocean thermal energy conversion plant surrounded by a floating Stanford Torus and covered by an umbrella acting as a receiver for power transferred down from a solar power satellite. Leon