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Elaboration 67
All things, not specifically needing 'open air' (like farming)
should not occupy precious planetary surface space. Look at say, a
university building. Mark its size that allows no growth, yet
absorbs radiation without gain for a living being. Even when, after
the winter, we have to heat artificially, the sunshades go down in
order to keep the gratis warmth out. Notice too, that, these
buildings, on top of which we cannot park our regiments of cars, of
(stupid) necessity have to be accompanied by large car parks,
stretches of sterile soil. When we know we have to use every square
centimeter of soil for: 'either food growing' (not tea, flowers, or
other stupid luxuries), or, 'reforestation', our ways of building
are stark madness. The same goes for our rail-tracks and highways.
They would be more expensive, it is true, when they were brought
under in tunnels, overgrown with small bushes, but then, we only
need a tenth or less of their vastness of today. Besides, they would
become more enduring and more comfortable, while on their tops,
there would be 'green', man's very existence. On the same rational
thinking, a lake might be tunneled, and it might be dammed, on which
latter such a tunnel might be made for the transport-line. Dam and
tunnel then, could be used for growth.
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2007-09-11