Edgewalker 2,

“Solar Technonet” by George F. Conley, Jr.  Author:
WWII Okinawan combat Marine, Architect, Artist, Lecturer, Writer

“As in the creation of earth-life, the Echo City creation process begins as a catalysis of solar energy and sea minerals.  Like primeval plant life, it feeds on matter from earth and sea and, by photosynthesis, grows, creates, seeds, multiplies, adapts, breeds, survives, evolves, and wanders.  Echo City is pelagic, even when on land or in space.”