The general distaste with large scale approaches is clearly related to the feeling that globalisation has failed. The solution is localisation and to a certain extent standardisation.
As early as 2014 there were signs that young people were losing interest in cars and over time vehicles became a commodity. click on MAZDAS CONCERN
Vehicle engines became simplified and standardised by power output. Components were interchangeable.
Electricity
The move away from the national electricity grid after 2016 using renewable power sources, required development of local power storage, which gradually decentralised so each home had its own power storage using "power routers".
Hovercraft jem-mobile
The interest in using hovercraft was triggered by the interest of a young Bellingen man and the vehicles developed incorporate his name.
research has shown that
"hovercraft are, in fact,
much more environment friendly than a conventional vessel.
Modern hovercraft designs have the blades contained
within a short tunnel called a duct; this not only avoids the turbulence
spilling off the blade tips but it also helps to control the air passing
through the propeller allowing the thrust to be made more directional, so this
is a double boost to efficiency as well as reducing noise levels.
Excessive wash can, of course, cause erosion to and
stir up the bed of shallow water; it therefore follows that any vessel which
can minimise this effect is doing less environmental damage. Hovercraft do not
just minimise the effects of wash, they virtually totally eliminate it.
It can be quite easily demonstrated that the
hovercraft will, in fact, cause less disturbance than the high tide or a person
walking across the beach meaning that hovercraft are able to cross areas which
are environmentally sensitive without damaging the environment or disturbing
the wildlife living there."
The technical developments moved away from use of fossil fuels to electro magnetic solutions which were most useful for hovercraft.
The advantage of the hover vehicle was that it took the load off road surfaces, reducing the cost of building and maintaining roads. One innovation included to emitting ultra sonic rays to the road surface to control growth of weeds on the dirt road surface.
There is a great variation of sizes of hover vehicles, from a 2 seater to a truck size. In the Bellingen context the larger vehicles transport goods and passengers along the Bellinger River. Sea level rises mean that access through Bellingen Heads has become easier and ocean going ships offload containers at Urunga.
Internet
After 2020, high speed internet became available to all households, private enterprise removed the task from politicians with the advent of new technology. The high speed has many advantages which have discussed in the sections on employment.
One item worth noting for those in remote areas is the hover antenna which can climb up to the point where communication is possible, using a drone like device.
Micro production
Technology has also moved away from large scale manufacture, to allow much more flexible arrangements for home based production of goods and services.
The resolution of the internet speeds has been a key factor in the ability to download design templates to make local production possible.
The use of innovative materials including hemp instead of steel has been critical.
Power Plastics
A technology which was struggling in the second decade of the 21st century was power plastics to see click on POWER PLASTICS
“We will use Power Plastic wherever conventional modules aren’t a suitable solution. Particularly in facade construction and in the automotive sector, the highly flexible and pliable material can be used in a variety of ways to save energy cost-effectively."
It came into its own because of the need for shading structures and the production of electricity was a bi-product. Shading is necessary to protect plants and as a second skin over houses to reduce impact of heat.