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A nation without a vision of what the future can be

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is bound to repeat past errors over and over again.

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This brief video will outline a vision designed to avoid old mistakes.

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A vision of efficiency, sustainability and intelligent planning

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can lead us into a marvelous new world of unlimited human potential.

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DESIGNING THE FUTURE

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This vision could be a showcase of what the world can be

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in our cybernated age.

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Science and technology

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could be used for human betterment

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and the restoration and protection of the environment,

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serving as an example of the intelligent application of

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a systems approach.

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While some people advocate the restoration of existing worn-out cities,

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these efforts fall short of the potentials of modern technology.

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Repairing outmoded cities results in

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higher costs of operation and maintenance.

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It is actually less expensive in the long run

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to build newer cities from the ground up

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than to restore and maintain old ones.

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A total city-system approach requires overall planning

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to attain a higher standard of living for all the city's occupants.

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The circular arrangement efficiently permits

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the most sophisticated use of available resources

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and construction techniques, with a minimum expenditure of energy.

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This can make available to all people the most advanced amenities

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that modern science and technology can provide.

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It could be the hub and learning center

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where people from all over the world visit

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and hopefully emulate this design approach in other parts of the world.

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Design considerations for these new cities

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include its overall functioning, its ease of assembly

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the reduction of maintenance, efficient transportation

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and its simplicity and durability.

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This will include the flexibility to permit ongoing and later changes.

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The city would function as an evolving, integrated organism

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rather than a static structure.

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This systems approach envisions assembling entire cities

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by standardizing basic structural elements

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which are prefabricated in automated plants

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and assembled on site.

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Many of these buildings would be comprised of standard units

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that can be arranged to meet many different requirements.

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This approach means that these cities can be extremely cost-efficient

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because only one sector needs to be designed

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which can be duplicated repeatedly for the completion of an entire city.

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as totally integrated city systems anywhere in the world.

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The outer perimeter will be part of the recreational area

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with golf courses, hiking and biking trails

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and opportunities for water sports.

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Inside this area, a waterway surrounds an agricultural belt

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with indoor and outdoor agriculture.

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Continuing toward the city center, eight green sectors

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provide clean, renewable resources of energy

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using wind, solar and heat concentrators.

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Waste recycling and other services are located beneath the city.

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The plan utilizes the best of clean technology

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in harmony with the surrounding environment.

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The residential district features beautiful landscaping

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with lakes and winding streams.

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A wide range of creative, innovative apartment buildings

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and individual, unique homes

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will provide many options for the occupants.

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New and innovative methods of fast mass-construction

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for housing and building systems

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will inject composite materials into a mold

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and then extrude the form upward.

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In some cases, multiple city apartments

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can be produced as continuous extrusions

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which are then separated into individual units.

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Cranes transport these prefabricated dwellings to site locations.

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They are then lifted and inserted into a support structure.

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The apartments are lightweight and high-strength.

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All of the dwellings are designed as self-contained residences.

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The outer surface of these efficient structures

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serve as photovoltaic generators

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converting solar radiation directly into electricity

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for heating, cooling and other needs.

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The thermocouple effect will also be used for generating electricity.

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The wide range of individual homes are prefabricated

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and relatively maintenance-free

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fire-resistant and impervious to weather.

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With this type of construction, there would be little or no damage

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from floods, earthquakes or hurricanes.

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Their thin shell construction

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can be mass-produced efficiently and economically.

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New energy-efficient systems can be installed

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to supply enough power to operate the entire household.

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Adjacent to the residential district

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are planning, science and research centers.

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Eight domes surrounding the central dome

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house art, music, exhibition, entertainment and conference centers.

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Lovely parks, lakes, streams and waterfalls

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are located throughout the entire city.

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The central dome or 'Theme Center' contains schools

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health care, shopping, communications networking and childcare.

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It is also the core for most transportation services

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which move people by transveyors

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horizontally, vertically and radially anywhere in the city.

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This minimizes the need for automobile transportation

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except for emergency vehicles.

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Transportation between cities would be by monorail.

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The central dome will eventually house a cybernated complex

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which serves as the brain and nervous system of the entire city.

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It projects a 3D, virtual image of Earth

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using satellite communication systems

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which display information on weather, agriculture, transportation

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and the operation of the whole city.

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This cybernated system will use environmental sensors

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to help maintain a balance-load economy

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which avoids overruns and shortages.

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For example, in the agricultural belt

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electronic probes monitor and maintain the soil conditions

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water table, nutrients and more.

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This method of electronic feedback can be applied

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to the entire city complex.

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With computers now able to process

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trillions of bits of information per second,

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they are vital for arriving at correct decisions

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for the management of these innovative cities.

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The architectural structures themselves will be jewels of future possibilities

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with a wide variety of exhibition buildings.

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Many of the displays will depict not what the future will be

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but what it can be.

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Some of the cities may be total enclosure systems

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which are self-sufficient.

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These massive structures would contain residences, parks, recreation

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entertainment, health care, educational facilities and more.

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Everything built in these cities would be

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as near to a self-contained system as conditions allow.

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In these total enclosure arrangements

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the skyscraper assures that more land is available

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for parks and wilderness preserves

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while at the same time, eliminating urban sprawl.

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Wherever possible, geothermal energy can be harnessed.

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Geothermal power offers the possibility of an

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abundant source of clean energy.

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This source alone could provide enough energy

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for the next thousand years.

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National transportation systems would include

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a network of waterways and canals.

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These bodies of water could minimize the threat of floods and droughts

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by diverting floodwaters to storage basins.

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In addition, these canals could supply water

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for irrigation, fish farms and recreation.

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The canals can also be used for desalinization

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using a method of evaporative condensation.

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In some instances, ships could serve as floating automated plants

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capable of processing raw materials into finished products

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while en route to their destinations.

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Huge ships and submarines

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with many removable and interchangeable compartments

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will carry freight across the oceans.

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Rather than separate containers,

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an entire freight section can be automatically disengaged at the port.

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Bridge designs would be greatly simplified and

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bridges can be made corrosion resistant.

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They would be prefabricated and

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transported to the site by twin-hold catamarans.

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On some bridges, trains could be suspended beneath traffic lanes.

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Colonization of the oceans is

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one of the last frontiers remaining on Earth.

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Prodigious oceanic city communities

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will evolve as artificial islands

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floating structures, undersea observatories and more.

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These large marine structures are designed to explore

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the relatively untapped riches of the oceans

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and provide improved mariculture, fresh water production

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energy and mining.

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This could offset land-based shortages.

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They could also provide almost unlimited riches

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in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, fertilizers

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minerals, oil and natural gas.

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Oceans cities would be resistant to earthquakes

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and greatly relieve land-based population pressures.

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The population would vary from several hundred to many thousand.

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Underwater oceanic viewing and research facilities

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provide expansive panoramic observations of the undersea world

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in its natural habitat without disturbing the ocean environment.

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Unsinkable floating sea domes will attract those

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who prefer unique offshore or island living.

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In the event of inclement weather, they could easily be towed ashore

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mounted, and anchored to elevated support structures.

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Mariculture and sea-farming systems are used to cultivate

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and raise fish and other forms of marine life

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to help meet nutritional needs.

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These marine enclosures are designed as non-contaminating

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integral parts of the ocean environment.

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If we use science and technology with human and environmental concerns,

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it could be a vivid future showcase of the human potential

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when working together to preserve the greatest gift we have:

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the resources and beauty of our planet Earth.

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In the final analysis, we are one people and share one planet.

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If you desire more information on any of the systems seen in this video

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visit our website at www.TheVenusProject.com

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All Architectural Models, Designs, Photography & Script by Jacque Fresco.

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Producer / Director - Roxanne Meadows

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Editor - Eyeland Telemedia

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Animation - Doug Drexler

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Narration - Dave Kellogg

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Additional footage - William Gazecki