All Aboard Earth 300! By Lily Ong
The solution to climate change might be found aboard this futuristic, environmentally-friendly yacht. Feeling more like a movie set for Star Wars, the introductory party of Earth 300 was unlike any launch I’ve been invited to. The launch was at The Fullerton Hotel, a fivestar luxury hotel perched at the mouth of the Singapore River. The hotel has a fascinating history dating back to 1829 as an exclusive club for European tycoons, a hospital for wounded British soldiers, headquarters for the Japanese military administration in Singapore, and the backdrop of Singapore’s independence from colonial status to nationhood.
“The ocean holds immense value and regulates everything from crops to climate to supplying every breath we take, ” added the Gibraltar native. “Climate change is accelerating faster than we can chip away at it. If we want to make a true and lasting impact, we need to abandon the incremental in favor of bigger, bolder initiatives.”
I looked for the table with my place card and Of course, something this audacious requires found it up front below the staging area. What significant investments, but it’s the kind of took place onstage that night was something I project that would excite the uber wealthy. “A would not want to miss. 10-day ride on the nuclear-powered, emissionBeamed upon the stage screen was an free yacht will take one on the high seas for a aesthetically gorgeous vessel looking radical, price tag of around one million dollars,” disclosed sensuous and every bit futuristic. Sitting upon high Aaron. “But this is not about having billionaires in seas, the 300-meter vessel featured a 13-story bathtubs sipping glasses of champagne. Onboard cantilevered observation deck, individually Earth 300, they will get to contribute to the new designed staterooms and a bow that looked like creation of science and the survival of humanity, the kind of intricate puzzles my daughter will while engaging with some of the most eminent thinkers of the day - a renaissance of the romantic dedicate tireless hours to solve. scientific expeditions of the past.” “It’s nuclear,” shared CEO of Earth 300, Aaron Having found partnership with IBM, RINA, Olivera. Addressing the wide-eyed audience in a suit as sharp as his idea, he went on to explain Wärtsilä, Triton Submarines, EYOS Expeditions how a new generation of atomic energy that’s and Singapore Space and Technology Limited (to safe, sustainable, and 100% emission free (and name just a few), established bases in Singapore, a confluence of the brightest minds upon an London, Barcelona, Milan and Honolulu, and ocean research laboratory) could be the answer completed naval engineering and vessel design, to climate change. Their tools include the latest Earth 300 looks set for a majestic 2025 sail. quantum computer, artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, real time data processing, and 160 of the world’s leading scientists. 64 LIVING IN SINGAPORE
