Jouni Valkonen <[email protected]> wrote:
> I do not see why this is good or bad news. With eCat we can have > vertical agriculture, because we can remove the only obstacle why we > do not have yet vertical farming, that is the obstacle of producing > cheap light. Actually there are some schemes to do vertical farming without much artificial light. See: http://www.verticalfarm.com/ I am in favor of this, and I discussed in my book. This sort of thing would allow a higher population density was less damage to the ecosystem. However population pressure will cause problems no matter what. I think a stable or declining population would be a good idea even with cold fusion. Some parts of the world are more overpopulated than others. The truth is, I think people should have lots of space. Especially children. They should have lots of woods and fields with no fences or boundaries to run around in, unsupervised, away from adults. Japan has high population density but actually there is a great deal of space and many beautiful places in the countryside where no one lives anymore. It is a shame they cannot spread out their population with telecommuting. It is also a shame that kids spend all afternoon in cram schools instead of outdoors causing mischief. - Jed
