I wonder how this undewater hotel will take an Earthquake?
 

Crazy.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/...l?from=mostpop

It is not like they don't get earthquakes in Fiji or anything:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...s/2006/usjqaf/

-S

From my understanding Tsunami are mainly surface (land) effects of the earthquake in coastal areas. If the sub or house is far enough off the coast no worry.

Tsunamis aren't the only effect of an earthquake waste gate. All it would take is one small crack in that thing and the occupants are screwed.

I stand corrected. Thanks August.

One would hope it is very over-engineered.
If there was a accident it would put a end to investment in such projects.

Hmm I dunno about that. With a world population over 6 billion and climbing, i'd imagine any inhibitions caused by such an accident might only be temporary.

Another thought i have from looking at that site is that those brightly lit waters are not going to be very realistic. It seems way too shallow. It gets dark as heck after 100 feet and anything less is going to pose some serious hazards to navigation.

Well, I was thinking more of a end of funding to novelty underwater hotels.

Yeah you're probably right. I was thinking how todays novelties have a habit of becoming tomorrows necessities, like the automobile and the telephone.

I wonder what will happen when humans become too common. :hmm:

I suspect we will use technology to adapt as we always have. Synthetic farms....underwater hotels...I doubt there is a maximum human population.

It's definitely a race between technology and natures various ways of eliminating species overpopulation. I think it'd be a lot easier if we just learned how to limit ourselves to a number we could all live with...

Thats the tragedy of the commons for ya. :(

I think its really cool...it doesn't look like its too far submerged.

^this

I would love a night in there!

Underwater habitats are basically submarines with legs that sit on the bottom. As long as it's supports are not anchored to the sea floor risk to seismic activity is minimal. It appears the resort is kept at 1 atm so if offers littler advantage to divers.

NOAA operates one in the FLorida Keys, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_%28laboratory%29. It allows divers to stay at depth for as long as a week. I had the oputany to dive it a few years ago amazing experiance living at 22 psi. Food no longer tastes the same a Hershey Bar tasted like bark.

It's only 40 feet underwater.

http://www.poseidonresorts.com/poseidon_main.html