[Brief translation]
"It's akin to cultivating the oceans," remarked Uehara to explain how ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) works. Uehara gave his talk at the annual session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development held at the UN headquarters in New York on April 27th, taking several steps closer to commercialization. He spoke of more than technical issues. He emphasized the idea of how we view the future of humankind. He explained how energy can be produced from a small difference in water temperature, and how fresh water--so essential to life--results from the process, along with hydrogen, an inexhaustible source of energy. Pumping up cold, deep seawater can help mitigate global warming and circulate previously unused nutrients to enrich waters for fishing grounds.
The facilities would use recyclable materials to ensure that "we do not leave our grandchildren with a legacy they do not want." The leaders of developing nations poor in energy resources and technologies listened to his speech attentively.