Dear Editor,
We have all heard the expression, “If you continue to do what you have always done, you will continue to get what you have always gotten.”
Alternatively, “Doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result is a definition of lunacy.”
So...think about the ALR, food security, the Site C Dam, house prices etc.
We now know that we can produce 300-times the amount of food in a a temperature- and light-controlled warehouse than we can produce in the same footprint of a field in open air.
We now know that light technology has improved the quality of light and reduced the cost of light to an affordable level.
We now know that we have abundant energy through the Site C dam, solar power and geothermal.
Is it not time that we do something different?
Let’s create a new industry of food production, creating food security which will free up land to build affordable housing for our people.
Let people live close to where they work.
If you have a better idea, which will allow our children to live in our community, let’s hear it.
David Price
Richmond
