Comments on: Downsizing Detroit: agriculture in the inner city http://futurismic.com/2010/03/10/downsizing-detroit-agriculture-in-the-inner-city/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Babylon http://futurismic.com/2010/03/10/downsizing-detroit-agriculture-in-the-inner-city/comment-page-1/#comment-83567 Babylon Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:43:27 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10684#comment-83567 The important question here is: Who gets to farm the land? The important question here is: Who gets to farm the land?

]]> By: Paul Raven http://futurismic.com/2010/03/10/downsizing-detroit-agriculture-in-the-inner-city/comment-page-1/#comment-82903 Paul Raven Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:46:26 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10684#comment-82903 <blockquote>"... that SF story where someone travels to the future and discovers that civilisation is being regressed to more primitive states for environmental reasons."</blockquote> Wait... are you saying that the Republican party line is a science fiction story? ;)

“… that SF story where someone travels to the future and discovers that civilisation is being regressed to more primitive states for environmental reasons.”

Wait… are you saying that the Republican party line is a science fiction story? ;)

]]> By: Steve Wilson http://futurismic.com/2010/03/10/downsizing-detroit-agriculture-in-the-inner-city/comment-page-1/#comment-82687 Steve Wilson Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:44:13 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10684#comment-82687 This reminds me of that SF story where someone travels to the future and discovers that civilisation is being regressed to more primitive states for environmental reasons. The next step after Detroit reverts to a pastoral community is hunter-gatherer I believe :P This reminds me of that SF story where someone travels to the future and discovers that civilisation is being regressed to more primitive states for environmental reasons. The next step after Detroit reverts to a pastoral community is hunter-gatherer I believe :P

]]> By: Jesse http://futurismic.com/2010/03/10/downsizing-detroit-agriculture-in-the-inner-city/comment-page-1/#comment-82662 Jesse Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:59:49 +0000 http://futurismic.com/?p=10684#comment-82662 I think we'll find that when other cities become aware that the game is changing, they will play along. Some may 'doze and plant, others may sell off land to corporations (in some instances possibly ceding all title to said land), still others may do other entirely unexpected things with the land. But eventually, equilibrium will be achieved, as these bloated bureaucratic monstrosities shrink to a more sane size. I think we’ll find that when other cities become aware that the game is changing, they will play along. Some may ‘doze and plant, others may sell off land to corporations (in some instances possibly ceding all title to said land), still others may do other entirely unexpected things with the land. But eventually, equilibrium will be achieved, as these bloated bureaucratic monstrosities shrink to a more sane size.

]]>