Unmanned vertical farm in China: is this what the future looks like?
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As the world’s horticultural population becomes older and more young people choose to live in cities, the number of farmers around the world is gradually decreasing, raising the question: who…
  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
    5·
    3 years ago

    Yeah, that’s exactly what I think as well. China is the only major economy that’s actively transitioning off fossils right now.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
        4·
        3 years ago

        Yeah, at some point everybody will be scrambling to get off fossils and China will be the only country that can actually produce clean energy tech at scale. China already accounts for vast majority of solar and nuclear tech. Shockingly, it turns out that planning for more than a couple of years in the future results in lots of advantages.

          • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
            3·
            3 years ago

            Parliamentary system plays a big role here by directly encouraging short term thinking. Since parties tend to stay in power for a handful of years, that becomes the political horizon for their projects. Nobody wants to start a project that another party might take credit for, and many times when new parties get in power they tend to change course. Couple that with a stock market driven economy where quarterly profits are the only consideration, and you have a solid system for ensuring that no long term planning happens.