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                    New 
                      Technologies-glimpses of a bright new Future (1) 
                    Visions 
                      of the future, but with us now. 
                       
                      We 
                      might have seen glimpses of the future already - they have 
                      been shown on our screens, and in our newspapers and magazines. 
                       
                       
                      It's just a short step - with the right inspiration and 
                      unity, we'll be having: 
                     
                      
                        -  
                          non-polluting, (and thankfully) more silent cars.
 
                        - flying 
                          cars 
                          The first will be in showrooms near you, very soon!
 
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                          solar and other sustainable energy sources.
 
                        - many 
                          other technical innovations that will improve our lives 
                          and our planet's health.
 
                        - Vertical 
                          Farms - an "Agricultural Revolution", 
                          whose time has come, right now!
 
                           
                       
                     
                    Vertical 
                      Farms 
                     
                      
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                          high rise "vertical 
                          farms" an idea developed by Dr. 
                          Dickson Despommier, a professor of environmental 
                          sciences and microbiology at Columbia University. These 
                          will be self-sustaining 
                          eco-systems with no need for long-haul transport, in 
                          our cities.
 
                           
                          A TV documentary here in the UK has already described 
                          these farms, and existing farmers were asked whether 
                          they would be willing to try farming in them - there 
                          was an almost universal enthusiasm for the idea. The 
                          self-sustaining organic nature of it is just too attractive 
                          to not try, plus any crop or vegetable can be grown 
                          as the necessary environment can be created for each. 
                           
                          The benefits are too great to ignore, listed below. 
                           
                           
                       
                     
                    It 
                      will enable us to: 
                     
                      
                        - liberate 
                          a great deal of land presently used by large industrial 
                          non-organic farms, which the VFs will be replacing. 
                          This land can be used to create: 
                          
                            - forests 
                              to consume our CO2!
 
                            - National 
                              Parks and Game Reserves/ very large Safari Parks**
 
                            - business 
                              parks for all the new businesses using the latest 
                              hi-tech technologies.
 
                            - fun 
                              or recreational parks of all types, to inspire us, 
                              and to relax and holiday in.
 
                            - freedom 
                              to roam!
 
                            - anything 
                              you can think of! 
 
                           
                         
                        - go 
                          "fowards to nature", 
                          not "back to nature" as so many seem to wish 
                          for, which means regression and all it's concomitant 
                          miseries and hellishness.
 
                           
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                          We can introduce animals in the developed 
                          world and benefit from their presence, to enrich our 
                          lives and enthrall us and our children. The animals 
                          will need to be fenced in, of course.  
                        - get 
                          rid of Zoos, which will be great for all concerned-certainly 
                          the poor inmates. The Zoos and Safari Parks (who have 
                          the expertise already) should be the organisations to 
                          make the necessary transformations.  
                          
 
                            Calling all animal liberationists. Please find work 
                            if you don't have any, and stop terrorising our researchers 
                            and scientists who are trying to provide the answers 
                            and medical cures we need.  
                            We all need to make sacrifices sometimes! 
                            Their animals are treated humanely compared to some 
                            countries. 
                             
                            In fact, put your energies and attention onto some 
                            of the countries whose practices to wildlife are abhorent 
                            in the extreme --skinning the animals alive for their 
                            fur, and other terrrible practices too gastly to mention. 
                             
                            They really need your attention much much more. 
                            I am a lover of all animals and wildlife, but humans 
                            do come first, plus it will benefit animals in the 
                            long run as well.  
                         
                       
                     
                     
                      The 
                        advantages of Vertical Farming are as follows:  
                     
                    
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Year-round 
                          crop production  
                       
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Elimination 
                          of agricultural runoff  
                       
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Significant 
                          reduction of fossil fuels for farm machines and crop 
                          transportion  
                       
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Better 
                          use of abandoned or unused properties  
                       
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No 
                          weather related crop failures 
                       
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                          Improved sustainability for urban centers  
                       
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Conversion 
                          of black or gray water to drinking water 
                       
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                          Provision of energy back to the grid via methane generation 
                           
                       
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Creation 
                          of new urban employment opportunities  
                       
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Reduction 
                          of infection transmission risks  
                       
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Control 
                          of vermin by using restaurant waste for methane generation 
                           
                             
                         
                       
                     
                     
                      Click 
                        on the link to be taken to the Vertical 
                        Farm website, the best hope for creating a wonderful 
                        new future for our world!  
                         
                        Thankyou Dr. Despommier for this inspirational answer 
                        to so many problems that we have created for ourselves. 
                        We now just need to get it trialled ASAP, and if it works, 
                        let's get cracking with creating the wonderful future 
                        that is waiting for us-Forwards to Nature! 
                         
                        Flying cars, and other 
                        new technologies awaiitng us > 
                         
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                      Click here to see how 
                      it all works  
                    Here 
                      are more, beautifully presented, images. 
                       
                      Here is a video 
                      of Dr. Despommier talking about the VF project. 
                    Here 
                      are some of the beautiful and futuristic designs 
                      created by architects from around the world. 
                     
                       
                       
                      Build a 21-story circular greenhouse, says Dr. Dickson Despommier, 
                      an environmental science professor at Columbia University, 
                      and it can be as productive as 588 acres of land - growing, 
                      say, 12 million heads of lettuce a year.  
                       
                      (CNNmoney.com)  
                      
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