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I did some time on the flowers in the desert hydroponics program a few years ago.   How it was done at time was raw sewage solids in 50 gallon tank flittering  water thru powered by a 40w solar pump.

Electronic monitoring systems are more about salad vegetables reaching the supermarket shelfs on time and maximizing profits.

The chart you post on…[Read more]

You seem blissfully out of date 

Using hydroponics, Humber  grow cumbers  and Kent grows tomatoes.   In  main cites they grow cannabis.  Its not 1939 and we can grow food anywhere these days.  In vitro fertilization means we’re no long depend randy bull in a field.

The only reason the UK food production is down was due to EU quoters…[Read more]

Oh God….. where to start on this

Our rail network was built to transport freight not people. Few in the UK who aren’t within 20 miles of railway station. The system was mostly updated to electric over the last 40 years too.  In an emergency main stations will be used for food distribution.

For those areas outside the rail network m…[Read more]

Do you need a Land Rover to live?

The truth is we produce oil and gas from the north sea, float in a sea of fish and  wheat output is at 14.75 million to…[Read more]

Ok look at our imports.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/281818/largest-import-commodities-of-the-united-kingdom-uk/

Here are our exports.

United Kingdom’s Top 10 Exports

How many are “essential” ?

Somer took the comment out of context.  On a river bank there no time to set up forms for concrete  and there little access for delivery’s of ready mix.   Its why we only use piling.

No you have.

There are plans in place to ensure essential supplies are available.  From food to petrol, drugs to water. The UK can go 1 to 2 years without any manufacturing or imports.

If you look around at renewable  low maintenance energy projects that have pop up in the last few years you’ll have idea of the kind of planning inv…[Read more]

We only use piling on rivers…there no time for concrete to set.

See:

And due to changing environment and weather conditions, there’s large  stocks of materials in storage for use at short notice.

As for the computers, phones and more… well I hate to say this but there not really needed.  There a time saver an…[Read more]

That is true to a point. Most of the time we’re pushing shingle back and repairing groins.  On rivers its mostly reinforcement work and channel clearing.

We don’t use that much stuff, but it can be labour intensive.

He better start looking for a new job then Kenty…Kier are in real trouble.  They shut down for financial reasons.

Kier launches £241m fund raise to pay down debt

Home builders like Barratt who build houses can afford to shut down for 6 months due to rising house prices.

On bigger projects they cant.  There penalty for over runs in all the contracts.

See:

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/jan/11/construction-sites-are-aiding-spread-of-covid

From my own view point not repairing sea defences  or ca…[Read more]