108 - Grant Romundt: Living on the Ocean in a Floating Home
Free Cities Podcast - A podcast by Timothy Allen - Fridays
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Seasteading, Floating Homes, Marine Habitat, Sustainable Living, Freedom, Ocean Builders, Technology, Remote Work, Drone Technology, Panama, Freedom, Self-Sustainability. Timothy Allen talks with Grant Romundt. In this episode, Grant Romundt shares his visionary journey of creating floating homes and the future of seasteading. As a co-founder of Ocean Builders, Grant dives into the challenges and triumphs of constructing SeaPods: Unique marine dwellings, designed for both luxury and sustainability. Discover how these floating homes offer a new frontier for living, with the potential to revolutionize living at sea whilst providing a sanctuary for marine life. Grant discusses the technical innovations, from jet ski docks to rainwater purification systems, that make these homes viable and eco-friendly. He also shares insights into the lifestyle of living on the water, highlighting the freedom and tranquility it offers. With plans for expansion and the ambition to lower production costs, Grant envisions a future where floating cities become a reality, offering an alternative way of living that respects and enhances the ocean environment. Enjoy the conversation. All the podcast links: https://linktr.ee/freeCitiesPodcast Free Cities Podcast on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/xudG4tsYH5TimGLfAmqn Contact the podcast: [email protected] Free Cities Telegram Community: https://t.me/+im6c6r4jQkUzMjU0 LIBERTY IN OUR LIFETIME CONFERENCE: https://libertyinourlifetime.org/ Make a small weekly donation to support the show: https://www.patreon.com/FreeCitiesPodcast/ Free Cities Foundation Newsletter: https://free-cities.org/subscribe TIMESTAMPS: (00:30) Introduction to episode (06:08) Start of conversation (10:38) The reality of living on a floating home at sea in Panama. (15:17) Describe the SeaPod that you're living in (20:48) How did you end up in this life? (23:53) A chance meeting with Joe Quirk (28:30) How long have you been living in the SeaPod? (31:20) What do you love about living on the Ocean? (32:53) Developing aerial drones to deliver food from multiple locations (37:17) Building the prototype SeaPod (41:49) What do you do with waste from food, toilet etc? (45:43) Have you sold any SeaPods yet? (54:10) Describe your expectation for 50 years in the future (59:04) What size waves can a SeaPod withstand? (01:02:35) How many people actually want to live at sea? (01:05:00) Is there any ideological motivation behind this project? NOSTR: Timothy Allen: [email protected] Free Cities Foundation: npub1lsj8pmgedqqamt89c27tzjjnlf0wn7q7udjm7j2cl9xxz97eacns2mwpee TWITTER X: Grant Romundt: https://x.com/GrantRomundt Ocean Builders: https://x.com/OceanBuilders Timothy Allen: https://twitter.com/MrTimothyAllen Free Cities Foundation: https://twitter.com/freecitiesfound LINKS: Ocean Builders: https://oceanbuilders.com/ Free Cities Foundation: https://free-cities.org/