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Old 06-01-2018, 01:57 PM   #1931 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
Thank the free market. It's result is to slough along like a world sized amoeba, mindlessly maximizing profit with no wisdom.
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And now we are stuck in a monkey trap of money creation and world debt with no (pain free) way to let go.
Very poetical. And all too true.

Debt and entitlements could be disrupted by the technology to grow houses from high-tech 'seeds'.

High-rise hydroponics: 1/10th the water, no soil erosion, nitrogen runoff, etc.

Ship that glacial meltwater to LA?

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