My Off Grid Living Solar Ocean Home The Ultimate In Sustainability
This is a new and futuristic way of off-grid living. The off-grid living solar ocean home may be one of the best living simple ideas I have ever heard.
Imagine living on the ocean in an autonomous home, slowly traveling the world. That is the ultimate in simple living.
With water covering 74% of the earth’s surface, you can travel a lifetime in one of these homes. I know what you are thinking. We are destroying 26% of our land; why open the possibility of ruining the ocean?
This home may contribute to a solution to help end our destruction of the environment for profit. Simple living sustainability is a step in the right direction. Let’s take a look at this fantastic living possibility.
Solar Ocean Off-Grid Living Is Real
This home is the Italian yacht maker’s Jet Capsule UFO (Unidentified Floating Object), a fantastic sustainable living project. The UFO offers an off-grid, floating-on-the-ocean experience.
The company chose the flying saucer shape to maximize 360-degree visibility while living on the ocean.
The UFO is a floating house designed to travel the world. That is the best way to travel: free, taking your home with you, at a maximum speed of 3.5 knots.
A water-jet-propelled Torpedo Deep Blue 1800 electric motor would propel your new home, slowly taking you to your exotic destination.
430 sq. ft. of solar panels power a battery bank, which powers the motor and other things. From a top view, the solar panels are on a closeable lid atop the home. Wind and underwater turbines can provide additional sources of energy.
Using the wind and ocean currents to produce power by driving turbines makes the UFO the ultimate in the self-sustaining home.
An onboard water generator would be used to convert rain or seawater to fresh drinking water, as well as water a vegetable garden located on a deck that encircles the structure and measures (41 ft) in diameter.
I can live excellently by eating fresh vegetables and catching fresh fish daily. What about you?
With flexible floor plans, you will be able to configure the UFO the way you like. With the basic layout, the UFO home will consist of a transformable kitchen and dining/living area on (215-sq. ft.) on the top level, with stairs leading down to a (107-sq. ft.) submerged lower level with a bathroom and bedroom surrounded by a large window for viewing sea life.
Sounds like I would be getting a great night’s sleep waking up to sea life of all kinds watching me. I would be on display like a zoo instead of the sea life.
When not leisurely traveling the world, the UFO uses a particular elastic anchor system to keep it steady and stable. The UFO can be aligned with the compass while anchored, keeping the position angle oriented in the desired direction, even in rough sea conditions.
This will keep the home from spinning constantly and keep you viewing the scenery in your chosen direction.
Conclusion
Ok, before you and your friends think about stringing a few of these Jet Capsule UFO homes together to create an off-grid living solar ocean community, let’s talk about price.
Jet Capsule is currently seeking investors to build the first working prototype, which is estimated to cost US$800,000.
Wait! Where are you going? Here is the good news. After the prototype is built and tested, the company believes that homes will be sold for an estimated $200,000.
Not bad, I would say. This is cheaper than the average houseboat without the extra off-grid living sustainability.
I sooo want one of those! Wonder what happens in a storm, though, could be a rather rocky experience! I came across this post while researching marine modules for a futuristic novel I’m writing – better get on and finish it before these are no longer futurisitc but already in existence! Thanks.
Never really thought about a storm. It would be worst than an earthquake on land. You may end up in a different neighborhood but think of the adventure. LOL