Danish - Designer | June 28, 1970 -
Airships could be part of the answer to Africa's infrastructure woes - if the financial challenges are overcome.
Jens Martin Skibsted
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The advantage of using airships in remote areas with little road infrastructure to support development is clear. Airships could ensure the delivery of humanitarian supplies to remote communities.
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The cost of building large airships can be prohibitive. The entry barrier is considerable and could be a show-stopper for large-scale projects.
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Curbing pollution and global warming takes a global cooperative mindset. Development aid needs to be rethought in this context.
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Major global institutions need to harvest clean tech knowledge wherever it can be found and integrate it into their major export systems.
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Bundling finance, energy solutions, water solutions, traffic infrastructure, and all general urban infrastructures is too much of an ask for most developing cities.
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Regardless of our political stance, we cannot afford to perpetuate the Western car-centric model.
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It is widely accepted and understood that consumer decisions are as much influenced by emotional attachments to a product or service as by factors like price and performance. So why is it that when it comes to most aspects of human transportation, the world still seems to believe people are rational machines?
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Consumers do not want a perceived cheap car; they want a car to flaunt. A car is as much about status and identity as it is about transport.
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Urban mobility is a massive global challenge. The world needs people to use multiple forms of transport - a mix of biking, walking, and other low-energy forms of transportation.
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If intelligent robots are our competitors and, to some extent, cerebrally alike - enough for us to discuss their ethical standing - why would they be above the law? Should they not contribute to our societies, too? And why would they be exempt from taxes?
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Humankind has mainly evolved in Africa, and we only left Africa very, very late in our evolutionary path. This means that there is very little genetic diversity among those who left Africa and very much genetic diversity among those who stayed.
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