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.

I looked for the table with my place card and found it up front below the staging area. What took place onstage that night was something I would not want to miss.

Beamed upon the stage screen was an aesthetically gorgeous vessel looking radical, sensuous and every bit futuristic. Sitting upon high seas, the 300-meter vessel featured a 13-story cantilevered observation deck, individually designed staterooms and a bow that looked like the kind of intricate puzzles my daughter will dedicate tireless hours to solve.

“It’s nuclear,” shared CEO of Earth 300, Aaron Olivera. Addressing the wide-eyed audience in a suit as sharp as his idea, he went on to explain how a new generation of atomic energy that’s safe, sustainable, and 100% emission free (and a confluence of the brightest minds upon an ocean research laboratory) could be the answer to climate change. Their tools include the latest quantum computer, artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, real time data processing, and 160 of the world’s leading scientists.

“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.”

Of course, something this audacious requires significant investments, but it’s the kind of project that would excite the uber wealthy. “A 10-day ride on the nuclear-powered, emissionfree yacht will take one on the high seas for a price tag of around one million dollars,” disclosed Aaron. “But this is not about having billionaires in bathtubs sipping glasses of champagne. Onboard Earth 300, they will get to contribute to the new creation of science and the survival of humanity, while engaging with some of the most eminent thinkers of the day - a renaissance of the romantic scientific expeditions of the past.”

Having found partnership with IBM, RINA, Wärtsilä, Triton Submarines, EYOS Expeditions and Singapore Space and Technology Limited (to name just a few), established bases in Singapore, London, Barcelona, Milan and Honolulu, and completed naval engineering and vessel design, Earth 300 looks set for a majestic 2025 sail.