Flabbergassed
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140214-the-last-places-without-internet
TLRD: “To truly avoid the internet, then, you have to make a great deal of effort. Even the remotest wilderness now yields a signal of some sort.”
Nobody gets to the crux of a topic like Philomena Cunk. I wish all journalists were more like her.
That’s the part that too many people don’t get. Communes and co-ops can work great in small communities, but they have NEVER worked, and WILL never work for a large country. There are some things that are scalable and some things that aren’t. Communism is a perfect example of a system that isn’t scalable.
I’m calling BS on this. Their “explanation” was “it uses ultraviolet light”. Then they say they can’t explain it because nobody can understand it. Even if it were possible to electronically manufacture vegetables, what would be the advantage? How much electricity, equipment, and raw material would it take compared to conventional farming? What are those raw materials, and what does it require to produce them?
There are some days that I would pay someone to take my 4 kids.