.
zo
Iulroductz‘ou
concerned in marine civil engineering projects such as harhour
and coastal installations; Hawker Siddeley have an interest in marine
transport as well as oceanographic instruments and buoys; ICI cover
a wide range from newmaterials to the extraction of chemicals from
sea water; RTZ are a mining and mineral extraction company; and,
nally, Unilever are primarily concerned with sheries and the food
"
aspect of the sea.
'
.
“ŒileBritish companies have ‘tested the temperature’, American
concerns have been diving straight into oceanology. The American
aircraft industry closed in on the oceans with such alacrity…that
warnings from oceanographers about the lack of a quick pay—off
from oceanology became almost “de rigueur in the early 1960s.
According to them, a rapid prot through diversication into undersea work would not be realized until well into the
Neverthe—
less, oceanology remains a growth area. The large number and
variety of underwater vehicles alone bears witness to American
Condence in its future.
‘
…
The growing interest in the oceans of countries which already
have strong maritime traditions is reected in the size of their invest—
ment ;in
science and technology. In 1967—‘8,the total British
expenditüre in…these areas amounted to about £I3 million._ This
compares>f,,quite faVourably with: Japan’s reported inve3tment of
£3a —million, France’s £8 million
-
and, on a proportionalbämsis, Canada’s £16 millior‘1—.But::itis not
just a question of
total government investment, the .«steady
growth of the Outlay inrmarine areas is; if anything, 5far moreinstrud—
is
example of this groWt—huthan the United
States
_,
where the pr0p osed— _ budget ., for. 1“11970,“: military
dvilian,
stood at l $
(£zîzo
increase of
about t‘a percent on the
about—«22 …per
centon the Federa‘lbùdget for1968
T his: brief, mention », of national yinvestinentâm marine
leadson to the main theme of the book,
what the oceans hold in ;stbrevfohthose ;th turnto them. “»TIæÎLZM
Resource is— not a book about
s‘uchçbufan:accoùnt,
in the true sense of the
Which*vshaÏs'…been f
bequeathed to man. In the following secti‘0h,the Îreaderzwillÿnd a
brief outline…of the
provide a better understanding
resource;
;;»
zo
Iulroductz‘ou
concerned in marine civil engineering projects such as harhour
and coastal installations; Hawker Siddeley have an interest in marine
transport as well as oceanographic instruments and buoys; ICI cover
a wide range from newmaterials to the extraction of chemicals from
sea water; RTZ are a mining and mineral extraction company; and,
nally, Unilever are primarily concerned with sheries and the food
"
aspect of the sea.
'
.
“ŒileBritish companies have ‘tested the temperature’, American
concerns have been diving straight into oceanology. The American
aircraft industry closed in on the oceans with such alacrity…that
warnings from oceanographers about the lack of a quick pay—off
from oceanology became almost “de rigueur in the early 1960s.
According to them, a rapid prot through diversication into undersea work would not be realized until well into the
Neverthe—
less, oceanology remains a growth area. The large number and
variety of underwater vehicles alone bears witness to American
Condence in its future.
‘
…
The growing interest in the oceans of countries which already
have strong maritime traditions is reected in the size of their invest—
ment ;in
science and technology. In 1967—‘8,the total British
expenditüre in…these areas amounted to about £I3 million._ This
compares>f,,quite faVourably with: Japan’s reported inve3tment of
£3a —million, France’s £8 million
-
and, on a proportionalbämsis, Canada’s £16 millior‘1—.But::itis not
just a question of
total government investment, the .«steady
growth of the Outlay inrmarine areas is; if anything, 5far moreinstrud—
is
example of this groWt—huthan the United
States
_,
where the pr0p osed— _ budget ., for. 1“11970,“: military
dvilian,
stood at l $
(£zîzo
increase of
about t‘a percent on the
about—«22 …per
centon the Federa‘lbùdget for1968
T his: brief, mention », of national yinvestinentâm marine
leadson to the main theme of the book,
what the oceans hold in ;stbrevfohthose ;th turnto them. “»TIæÎLZM
Resource is— not a book about
s‘uchçbufan:accoùnt,
in the true sense of the
Which*vshaÏs'…been f
bequeathed to man. In the following secti‘0h,the Îreaderzwillÿnd a
brief outline…of the
provide a better understanding
resource;
;;»