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An asteroid or cometary Dr Harry Moore, head of London _ serve for the future some of the impact is the only way to produce ZooandDrBillHolthaveinventeda cies we have helped to destroy, acid of a strength (ten thousand computer controlled system for - Ni Present Concerns, Future Reality Technological advances are being = = 5 year. The introduction of technolog dumped on humanity with no assess- * these countries without proper as: ment of the damage they cause by ‘mar- ment can worsen their situation, ket men’, says UN environmental adviser Mayur said, pointing out that Japz and futurologist Dr Rashmi Mayur. already preparing for life in the 7 The result is a world where water Century - with plans for 74 new tec! supplies are polluted and dwindling, the logical cities based on the desig! ozone layer is damaged, the atmosphere Kawasaki, a high-tech industrial ce is toxifying and top-soils are being lost. with a population of one million. But Australia can take a world lead in . : . Hi Tech City for Oz? adopting a controlled approach to tech- nological advances in farming, soil and Kawasaki was designed to cut pollu and use less than 30% of the energy « water preservation, according to Dr Mayur. We should join other countries in equal-sized ‘traditional’ city. Japan studying future food production and lave for building atfesst h depletion, he says. ‘Third World’ ae he alee OFPRE SP 2 A city in Australia, and many urban regional centres throughout the nz countries living near Australia have 82,000 children dying each day, 800 mil- have been vying for its placement | the last few months. lion people with barely enough food, and § 40% of their 3.5 billion people have no Coming from Bombay, India, Mayur led the team of urban syst clean water. (Giese Ja wrecifoua mere Ulasqpny, analysts which won an internati competition for the development anew outlook, new values, and a realisa- Hon that) we are a family of fuman Kawasaki as the world’s first ‘infor beings,” he said in Melbourne earlier this tion’ city NEXUS New Times Five - Winter 1988 The acid released would have been as strong as battery acid, eating away at exposed rock and washing vast quantities of minerals into the world’s oceans. Macdougall’s re- search shows that fossilised shells of forams - tiny ocean floating organ- isms - and layers of rock that formed when the dinosaurs died out yielded the largest amount of Strontium-87, supporting Prinn’s theory. The intensely toxic acid rain would have destroyed virtually all plant life, causing starvation among all herbivores. This in turn would have eliminated the food supply for carnivores. An asteroid or cometary impact is the only way to produce acid of a strength (ten thousand Some scientists are not going to risk the loss of some species of animals. The worldwide extinction rate is now estimated at between one spe- cies a second and one a day as we hack down forests for industry and housing, eliminating habitats in the process. Dr Harry Moore, head of London Zoo and Dr Bill Holt have invented a computer controlled system for - Nissa Present Concerns, Future Reality Sr | year. The introduction of technology to ~ these countries without proper assess- ment can worsen their situation, Dr Mayur said, pointing out that Japan is already preparing for life in the 22nd Century - with plans for 74 new techno- logical cities based on the design of Kawasaki, a high-tech industrial centre with a population of one million. Hi Tech City for Oz? Kawasaki was designed to cut pollution and use less than 30% of the energy of an equal-sized ‘traditional’ city. Japan has plans for building at least one suchmodel city in Australia, and many urban and regional centres throughout the nation have been vying for its placement over the last few months. Coming from Bombay, India, Dr Mayur led the team of urban systems analysts which won an international competition for the development of Kawasaki as the world’s first ‘informa- tion’ city. Technological advances are being dumped on humanity with no assess- ment of the damage they cause by ‘mar- ket men’, says UN environmental adviser and futurologist Dr Rashmi Mayur. The result is a world where water supplies are polluted and dwindling, the ozone layer is damaged, the atmosphere is toxifying and top-soils are being lost. But Australia can take a world lead in adopting a controlled approach to tech- nological advances in farming, soil and water preservation, according to Dr Mayur. We should join other countries in studying future food production and ozone depletion, he says. ‘Third World’ countries living near Australia have 82,000 children dying each day, 800 mil- lion people with barely enough food, and § 40% of their 3.5 billion people have no clean water. “There is a need fora new philosophy, anew outlook, new values, and a realisa- tion that we are a family of human beings,” he said in Melbourne earlier this - AAP NEXUS New es Five - Winter 1988 5 Present To THE FUTURE Hi Tech City for Oz?