Vertical Farming: Growing crops indoors on vertically stacked layers. Artificial lighting, no soil, water with nutrients, no herbicides or insecticides. The future of agriculture?
Growing crops indoors on vertically stacked layers. Artificial lighting, no soil, water with nutrients, no herbicides or insecticides. The future of agriculture?
Alternatives: American isolationism, will not deal with China as a rising power.
American isolationism, will not deal with China as a rising power. The developed nations of the G-7 should partner to become more self reliant in health care spending, generic drugs and rare earths.
USA: The third largest nation in terms of population, with 331 million citizens today and projected to grow to 404 million over the next 40 years.
The third largest nation in terms of population, with 331 million citizens today and projected to grow to 404 million over the next 40 years. A nation that takes in anywhere from one to two million immigrants. But a nation cursed with illegal immigration.
The Future: It is all about demographics. White people are not having babies.
It is all about demographics. White people are not having babies. Need to import Asians and Hispanics to fund our public health care and pensions.
Successes: Aid agencies focus on big stuff like roads and electric power. Governments focus on small stuff like financing small business.
Aid agencies focus on big stuff like roads and electric power. Governments focus on small stuff like financing small business.
Conflict or Challenge: Mass migration. Climate change. Challenges if not faced become conflict.
Mass migration. Climate change. Challenges if not faced become conflict.
Why Quirky? It is not sending production from China to Vietnam that will change manufacturing. It will be robotics and 3D printing.
It is not sending production from China to Vietnam that will change manufacturing. It will be robotics and 3D printing.
Warming: Climate winners. Mackerel moving into warmer Greenland waters. Resource development.
Climate winners. Mackerel moving into warmer Greenland waters. Resource development.


