The result is that many more different kinds of vehicles are now available,
each vehicle better suited to its particular use.
This is also happening in the computer industry,
with heterogeneous multiprocessing
allowing much more to be done with electronics:
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“the task-level parallelism that embedded
computing applications display is inherently
heterogeneous…each block does something
different and has different computational requirements.” [ 2 ]
“Ironically, bus bottlenecks commonly
disappear in SoC designs…Wide busses
are efficient and appropriate to use between
adjoining SoC logic blocks.
” [ 3 ]
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The trend will extend to other fields.
In agriculture, this is called
agroecology.
It is efficient variable argriculture that adjusts
to the local conditions of bioregions.
As societies produce more diverse
mechanical and electronic products
more cheaply, a wider spectrum of those products
become useful in agroecology.
The idea is to put bioregions first,
find and help develop
products that make it possible
to cultivate those bioregions,
and help local economies sustain their
utilization.
For example, public financing of road construction makes
agroecology possible in many places. [ 4 ]
Also highly beneficial are storage and distribution infrastructure,
and communication technology to assist transportation
and planting decisions.
All this costs far less than the
chemical overdependence policies advocated
by American institutions,
while providing much better results. [ 5 ]
Agroecology can also be used to redevelop, recapitalize and
sharply reduce pollution in the United States. [ 6 ]
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1.
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Kratochvíl, M., and Carson, C., 2005,
Growing Modular,
p. 11, 12, 150.
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2.
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Jerraya, A.A., and Wolf, W., 2005,
Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chips (MPSoCs),
p. 8-9.
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3.
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Rowen, C., 2005,
“Performance and Flexibility for Multi-Processor
SoC Design”, Ch. 5 in
Jerraya and Wolf,
op.cit.,
p. 120.
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4.
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Tiffen, M., 2002,
“The Evolution of Agroecological Methods
and the Influence of Markets:
Case Studies from Kenya and Nigeria”,
Ch. 7 in
Uphoff, N.,
Agroecological Innovations,
p. 106.
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5.
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Harris, J.M., 2005,
Rethinking Sustainability.
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6.
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Michael Pollan,
“Farmer in Chief”,
New York Times,
9 October 2008.
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