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Modular construction. For the last thirty years, every architecture student has written a thesis on how this will solve housing affordability and all of them have been wrong. It's a daily headline at .
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What was promising about the basic biology or ag properties of switchgrass ethanol? (Looking for something analogous to “the basic physics of nuclear power means it has high energy density: low land and fuel mass requirements”.)
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Hydroponics, for sure Maybe DIY repairs of consumer electronics (through modularity) But also: raising children in a box (Skinner-style) or in a barrel (Mark Twain-style)
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