How Vertical Farms Bring Fresh Food To Booming Cities

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  • Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2024

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  • @clownshoes7942
    @clownshoes7942 10 лет назад +29

    I'm amazed that at the time I am writing this there are 27 dislikes on this video. Even one dislike is to much. What is to dislike about the prospect of producing food for everyone on the planet?
    Our governments create laws all the time to protect money and if we break those laws we are punished. There are laws that have existed since the beginning of time, they are there and as long as life exists these laws must be obeyed. They are called the laws of nature. One of these laws is that life needs nutrition to survive. Every established government in the world breaks this law every second of every day with almost no end in sight. All around the world people are dying from starvation because our governments decided that in order to eat you must have money and if you do not have money you do not have the right to farm land or acquire life sustaining nutrition.
    Life is important not money. Stop letting the government's of the world break the law. Im not asking any one person to change the world but to just think and talk with others to help spread ideas of how to use technology for everyone instead of for capital gains.

  • @DQuale
    @DQuale 10 лет назад +13

    this is a clear example of the old saying, necessity is the mother of invention.

  • @ChadLupkes
    @ChadLupkes 11 лет назад +23

    Maybe every country, indeed every municipality, should consider challenging themselves to see how low they can push food imports. Local food production is better for everyone.

  • @wanderingwade8877
    @wanderingwade8877 9 лет назад +13

    Hurray for Singapore. I'm not being sarcastic. I've been fascinated by this country for years.

  • @repivonex
    @repivonex 11 лет назад

    Documentaries aren't made to impress people. They provide information and if you can perceive it you gain knowledge. And when you learnt something (gained knowledge), you are impressed.
    Peace.

  • @jackng6698
    @jackng6698 9 лет назад +5

    This ,method has a lot of benefits:
    1. Save cost of production : land needed, transport cost, less chilling needed,
    2. Fresher leaves,
    3. less jungle destroyed

    • @esoesminombre7056
      @esoesminombre7056 8 лет назад +1

      +dsndicmsa
      In Singapore these lettuce are definitely competitive since the alternative is even more overpriced imported lettuces. It says so in the story. Bear in mind that these lettuces are such a success that they can't currently keep up with demand. There is indeed an initial cost in infrastructure but in the long run this should be profitable due to huge cost savings in water, pesticides and transportation.
      This is in the context of Singapore, which is highly dependent on foreign food, but with global warming, exponential population growth and the arable lands getting harder to come by, it will soon become a wise investment in other countries as well.
      More importantly the current studies on vertical farming are rather enthusiastic about both its benefits and its cost-effectiveness.

    • @karjeecheng9024
      @karjeecheng9024 7 лет назад

      They grow other vegetables too, not just lettuces.

    • @justinchung19
      @justinchung19 7 лет назад

      Do you not realize how much more infrastructure it requires to destroy an existing ecosystem for arable land, plough the land, water, fertilize, harvest, and ship?
      companies like plenty use 1/350th of the water and significantly less labor. Initial investment may be significant up front but operating costs are low.

  • @askquestionsplz
    @askquestionsplz 11 лет назад +3

    vertical farming is awesome! i loved it the first time i saw it! genius for cityscapes

  • @themeathead301
    @themeathead301 11 лет назад

    thank you journeyman pictures, you are helping people find out news that is not broadcasted, this helps me allot because in a couple of years, i want to study journalism at university, thank you again :)

  • @BGY777
    @BGY777 9 лет назад +3

    We need to adopt this form of agriculture asap for the incoming 2 billion people by 2050, especially in China and India where the population is very dense. Need a lot of capital and other resource to make this common practice and sustainable in the future. A hungry population is a dangerous population and that danger can lead to desperate situations from riots and in extreme cases, war. All parties involved should take the initiative NOW to anticipate delays, oppositions, and other obstacles. It's already 2015 and 7+billion people and counting. The clock is ticking, let's get a move on it people!

  • @iwanfishz9
    @iwanfishz9 11 лет назад +1

    I didn't realised we had one of those here , glad to see this method being implemented.

  • @BruceLeeroy34
    @BruceLeeroy34 10 лет назад +25

    One day I will refurbish one of the old warehouses in my community to be an indoor farm/herbal pharmacy.

    • @NoobaruKun
      @NoobaruKun 9 лет назад +14

      Jeremy C. don't discard that as a thought, that is a reality that easily could be achieved with some determination

    • @AntonySimkin
      @AntonySimkin 5 лет назад

      good, but stay with farm please, herbs are a hoax.

  • @LolFishFail
    @LolFishFail 11 лет назад

    So in theory you could have entire farming cities? Giant towers that produce fruit and vegetables. Mind blowing.

  • @danielg6542
    @danielg6542 11 лет назад +23

    this needs to be in Vegas, we don't produce pretty much anything except drunk tourists.

    • @lawson4u2
      @lawson4u2 6 лет назад

      Vegas has inadequate source of water

    • @HanumanOlam
      @HanumanOlam 5 лет назад

      I'm from Vegas, I agree

    • @HanumanOlam
      @HanumanOlam 5 лет назад

      @@lawson4u2 Our water source actually isn't inadequate. Our state actually has the 2nd or 3rd lowest stake in the Colorado river water supply, due to a treaty that was signed in the mid 20th century. Those numbers haven't changed, and with the growth of the city and amount of water the casinos are taking, I think the numbers need to be renegotiated. Most of the water is pumped to California's farms. If they rerouted that to urban farms we'd have enough. There's definitely enough water, we just don't have enough rights to it.

    • @cattleNhay
      @cattleNhay 5 лет назад

      Daniel G and a great system of putting people in cages to extract even more of their money.

    • @wilsonator2008
      @wilsonator2008 4 года назад

      If the coastal states on both sea boards actively invested in more desalination plants, they can use treated seawater for their crops and population and then inland states like Nevada can negotiate the usage of more water from waterways.

  • @Blaffles
    @Blaffles 11 лет назад

    Singapore is one of my very favorite cities!

  • @HaloandMetroid
    @HaloandMetroid 11 лет назад

    Not necessarily. Living in a rural area doesn't mean that person will be poor or have less access to jobs and poverty in urban area is rampant. By suggesting we continue to urbanize at the rate we are doing now is also to suggest that we rely on factory farms for our food. Its actually a good thing to have some of the population on the country side and in rural areas. Remember efficiency isn't always a good thing.

  • @ysdom
    @ysdom 11 лет назад

    I'm with you on that one. I think we should also be growing our residential buildings vertically and not outwards. I'd like to see all of us in nice, moderately tall buildings surrounded by parks and agricultural areas. If we could all also live closer to where we work and have the conveniences close to us, less fossil fuel usage as well. Everyone shouldn't just have-to-have their own house and lot - although I do see the advantage.

  • @burningexperience6031
    @burningexperience6031 10 лет назад +1

    Food and water is important. I had an amazing vision when I saw this video. and i'm going to stick with it.

  • @ndog37
    @ndog37 11 лет назад

    Glad to see this. Food is freely available you just need smart people who are able to produce it.

  • @ceskymarketing
    @ceskymarketing 6 лет назад

    I see this as a way of liberating from addiction to marketes and production and sales monopolies. Also, exemptions from 2 taxes, etc., if we cultivate ourselves for ourselves, for our neighbors or for the village. (sorry for automatic translation)

  • @zaireenzulaika5355
    @zaireenzulaika5355 8 лет назад

    I would like to have this video to be shown for my exhibition this week along with an exhibition poster. really love it!! thumbs up!

  • @meyawabdulaziz3863
    @meyawabdulaziz3863 9 лет назад +30

    hmmmm cost and space effeicnt ...
    i wounder if i can do that on my roof

    • @Borat911
      @Borat911 9 лет назад +2

      Faisal Abdulaziz Hahaha I was thinking the same ! I guess you can ... i've seen people do it

    • @lkomaromi6878
      @lkomaromi6878 9 лет назад +1

      Faisal Abdulaziz you can, absolutely.

    • @meyawabdulaziz3863
      @meyawabdulaziz3863 9 лет назад +2

      L Komaromi yes...i am building a small one for herbs...but i have to anchor it with steel cables (the wind is strong here)

    • @lkomaromi6878
      @lkomaromi6878 9 лет назад +2

      Brilliant.

  • @itsudesuka
    @itsudesuka 9 лет назад +4

    I buy their veggies all the time!
    They've seemed to have failed to mention the benefit of a much smaller carbon footprint though

    • @MaximilianonMars
      @MaximilianonMars 8 лет назад

      +itsudesuka Because the whole CO2 = bad notion is bunk. You don't have to take my word for it, but it's very difficult to sway people in their dogmatic belief in global warming. Anyway if you believe lower CO2 is a benefit then that's just another reason to support this cool business.

  • @alaipeace
    @alaipeace 11 лет назад

    Good reporting, regards.. from Malaysian citizen

  • @SeekerofTruths
    @SeekerofTruths 11 лет назад

    This is a genius idea, can't believe I haven't thought of it

  • @mizukageg6686
    @mizukageg6686 8 лет назад +7

    I wanna experiment with urban farming, time to read some books!!

    • @zaireenzulaika5355
      @zaireenzulaika5355 8 лет назад

      +News?Really? this is one of the type of urban farming. but most people now, just farm their vegies at their backyards at the cities. That is the most simple design of urban farming.

    • @schmuelsonsradang4301
      @schmuelsonsradang4301 6 лет назад

      Good luck. All the best.

  • @euengelion
    @euengelion 11 лет назад +2

    I know where my internship is going to be at, now!

  • @justintaylor8593
    @justintaylor8593 8 лет назад +3

    Where I live you can not get a building permit to build something like this. Someday I will get my greenhouse ferris wheel
    .

  • @naybobdenod
    @naybobdenod 11 лет назад

    check out the `Cuba` experiment of home grown foods,this came as a result of severe food shortages because of poor government.
    Every bit of land available for growing food was utilised including pots.
    It worked and the population is now well fed plus the general health of the population increased dramatically.
    Your comment is quite thought provoking.
    Sincerely JF ( UK )

  • @Ben-Jack
    @Ben-Jack 11 лет назад

    That's really cool, looks like it's going to be the future of farming vegetables.

  • @JeremyElliotPlus
    @JeremyElliotPlus 11 лет назад

    not doubtful at all. "Urban drift", the net movement of people from rural areas to cities, has been common knowledge for decades. Since the industrial revolution, rural population was a decreasing majority until 2010. Since 2010, it is a decreasing minority.

  • @rhodan10000
    @rhodan10000 11 лет назад

    Together with In-Vitro Meat,insects and algues as organic food(slowfood or permaculture) it will be the future.Invitro meat and vertical farming will be the future in outer space too.

  • @papadoc711
    @papadoc711 11 лет назад

    This is a simple but incredible idea!

  • @ThorShaker
    @ThorShaker 9 лет назад +1

    A great production. Very informative!

  • @meow23
    @meow23 11 лет назад

    I from mexico and a lot of mexicans used to come from farmer family's in the 40's and 50's but in the 60's come from a farmer family was equal as you live in pooverty and ignorance so a lot of parents push they kids to become a college graduate, now even college graduate people have not jobs because economy is bad and some of that people back to work in farms back to the basis just to survive

  • @danospanos
    @danospanos 11 лет назад

    Great, great, great... Thank you for this journeyman.

  • @moosefactory133
    @moosefactory133 8 лет назад

    I am amazed that Sky Greens can compete against conventionally grown lettuce and cabbage producers. If this is true, I would love to see this done all over the world.

    • @Koroistro
      @Koroistro 8 лет назад

      +moosefactory133 It can compete aganist conventionally grown products because in Singapore those have travel costs associated with them.
      At the time of this video it means that while Sky Greens is actually more expensive to produce but it has a fraction of the delivery cost.
      It makes this cost-effective only for cities which don't have a lot of farm land close to them.

    • @themiko1210
      @themiko1210 8 лет назад

      I think it is more of maximizing the utilization of a small plot of land for agriculture

  • @ChrisPlaysLinux
    @ChrisPlaysLinux 11 лет назад

    The problem is not urbanization. Urban areas are more energy efficient generally. It is how we power our urban areas. With coal and oil.

  • @unconventionalme8048
    @unconventionalme8048 5 лет назад

    Singapore, the example of true economic progress once regulations are brought into reasonable parameters and taxes are lower to allow ppl the financial means of growth, not the government.

  • @1991araaron
    @1991araaron 11 лет назад

    Thanks everyone.

  • @c0ffybeanz
    @c0ffybeanz 11 лет назад

    Weren't you listening? "One of the first..." So yeah, it's special to the WORLD.

  • @LauraTeAhoWhite
    @LauraTeAhoWhite 10 лет назад

    The future of farming.

  • @richvonile
    @richvonile 10 лет назад +5

    Aquaponics & Hydroponics are the future farming.

    • @threefacedpilgrim24
      @threefacedpilgrim24 10 лет назад +1

      on small scale, not mass farming

    • @nielsf
      @nielsf 9 лет назад +4

      threefacedpilgrim 2
      I think many small farms are better than very large ones anyway.
      Every city block having its own garden tower would really bring people together. Not to mention that crop rot due to insects would be lessened immensely.
      In a way we are distributing the "load" of the planet more evenly again.

    • @Xilosphere
      @Xilosphere 9 лет назад

      nielsf
      This.

    • @AntonySimkin
      @AntonySimkin 5 лет назад

      @@threefacedpilgrim24 why not?

  • @nereyekadar
    @nereyekadar 11 лет назад

    I knew the idea, and I like the utilization.
    But here is something we should think about:
    Instead of using more and more medicine to control the symptoms of urbanization, maybe we should look into slowing down urbanization and maybe stopping it altogether. I'm sure we can grow enough food if %80 of the population didn't live in urban areas. And while I'm on the subject, can we talk about how much food goes to waste? In our houses or on the market?

  • @yanggang15
    @yanggang15 11 лет назад

    I lived in Singapore for over 5 years, but I do believe the vegetables I bought home are mostly from Indonesia...Good idea though... 9 BILLION...I believe they are damn serious

  • @jordanwalter6570
    @jordanwalter6570 11 лет назад

    It would be amazing to see these in places like the US where we don't need them yet but to use our land for a more eco friendly and cost effective way to produce, imagine our miles of fields but multiple levels high, we could use one acre as six acres.

  • @HibHab69
    @HibHab69 9 лет назад

    Electricity costs must be super high for some of these projects, especially in the case of that one over in Japan that uses the LED lights. I like this rotating tower though, hopefully it circumvents this problem.

  • @bnbcraft6666
    @bnbcraft6666 8 лет назад +1

    when I own my own house I'll have a garden since it'll be ecofriendly

  • @Forbeszy1
    @Forbeszy1 11 лет назад

    Seems like its better if we all did that instead of normal farming.

  • @EsotericWorldViews
    @EsotericWorldViews 11 лет назад

    This looks like an amazing investment opportunity..

  • @phackqu
    @phackqu 11 лет назад

    I remember Jacque fresco talking about this a few years ago.

  • @88roro11
    @88roro11 11 лет назад

    it would be interesting if he made some of those vertical instillations on top of buildings

  • @Anenome5
    @Anenome5 11 лет назад

    > That could be illegal in some states. In states like Idaho & Washington, you don't "own" the rainwater that falls on your property.
    This is an illegitimate law, and thus should be ignored and resisted by all.

  • @eswajansen7579
    @eswajansen7579 11 лет назад

    A very nice system ! Well done !

  • @FeloniousAngel
    @FeloniousAngel 11 лет назад

    That guy is 50? He looks great, which I guess shouldn't be surprising.

  • @jonmode3268
    @jonmode3268 9 лет назад

    i loved your channel

  • @miiigoreng
    @miiigoreng 11 лет назад

    Yes, most of our foods are imported from every places, Malaysia & Indonesia largely supply the groceries. Quite uncommon & costly, tasting something from our own soil. .

  • @232323C
    @232323C 10 лет назад

    I am very impressed...awesome

  • @takenRipsaLLDAY
    @takenRipsaLLDAY 10 лет назад +4

    Sorry people but this information is wrong. Please check your facts, there is already more then enough food being grown world wide to feed every person on the planet. The problem is fair distribution and were we are putting are resources

    • @trispectre8366
      @trispectre8366 6 лет назад

      And don't forget yield gaps.

    • @AntonySimkin
      @AntonySimkin 5 лет назад

      don't forget upcoming natural disasters... Argentina had to buy soy beans this year because of massive rains and dry outs.

  • @iskdude57
    @iskdude57 11 лет назад +1

    You should check permaculture, it's pretty amazing. I wish I could put links on here

  • @firefox39693
    @firefox39693 7 лет назад

    Hong Kong is another city that would love this technology.

  • @JustJP100
    @JustJP100 11 лет назад

    Jack Ing is a true visionary

  • @TheBushdoctor68
    @TheBushdoctor68 11 лет назад

    That's a great project. However, I'm amazed that they are not using the waste that fish and shrimp produce to feed the plants. In that case you will have free nutrients and a harvest of fish and shrimp as well.
    Check out Will Allen's Growing Power for a perfect example.

  • @jasonjames3001
    @jasonjames3001 11 лет назад +2

    Any way to get more information on the gravity fed water wheel hydraulic system with the modern twist he was using? I have been searching for something like this.

    • @karjeecheng9024
      @karjeecheng9024 7 лет назад

      Try contacting them at their website www.skygreens.com

  • @gjc82071
    @gjc82071 11 лет назад

    That could be illegal in some states. In states like Idaho & Washington, you don't "own" the rainwater that falls on your property. Containing the water is a serious, criminal offense. Then you have corporations like Monsanto, who's ultimate goal is to criminalize ALL, private, organic, vegetable gardening. They came damn close with HR875 "Monsanto Dream Bill" sponsored by congresswoman Rosa DeLauro,...wife of Monsanto's CEO.

  • @nonchalantd
    @nonchalantd 11 лет назад

    More food should be produced locally and frozen wherever possible, so that it can be eaten in the months when the produce is out of season, e.g., I keep asparagus and spinach in my freezer because it spoils quickly.

  • @serialchillerAEE
    @serialchillerAEE 9 лет назад +1

    omg i thought about this b4 even inside spaceship

  • @luzmondilla4292
    @luzmondilla4292 3 года назад

    God afternoon to all im albert MONDILLA jr of lukban province of quezon i lke vertical farming i will pray to GOD YOU WILL TEACH US HERE THANK YOU SO MUCH GOD BLESS US ALL

  • @dertythegrower
    @dertythegrower 11 лет назад

    This. Is awesome.

  • @alekpilipovic4076
    @alekpilipovic4076 10 лет назад +2

    There are much much more than enough land (for farming and living )on earth for all people if there are 600 billion of us...

    • @castronator29
      @castronator29 7 лет назад +2

      Alek Pilipovic its not just land. Its about environment, chemicals, costs of production and the most concerning of all, the usage of water. Why not just advance and have a new tech revolution in farming? More production and less costs.

    • @davidkrause5604
      @davidkrause5604 6 лет назад +1

      and we are running out of fresh water fertile soil and energy with only 7 billion. maybe do your calculations again

  • @TallHorseVideos
    @TallHorseVideos 11 лет назад

    The food exists, just not the infrastructure.

  • @AlexisuwuAlexis
    @AlexisuwuAlexis 9 лет назад

    oh my god Brass Eye is becoming real life

  • @cherubim59
    @cherubim59 9 лет назад +3

    I hope Food produced in Singapore are made cheaper.

  • @0xHalox0
    @0xHalox0 11 лет назад

    hmmm right, and in home composters should be sold in stores and micro cluster housing should be established as the norm :)

  • @nightlightabcd
    @nightlightabcd 10 лет назад

    As I understand it, China has the first super skyscraper with the same principle, along it outer part. One of the tallest buildings in the world.

  • @umarluxat7174
    @umarluxat7174 10 лет назад

    " if there are fewer people, there will be fewer problems".

  • @gjc82071
    @gjc82071 11 лет назад

    Yes I agree.

  • @alamjahangir1043
    @alamjahangir1043 3 года назад

    ii like this farm very much

  • @Felixinhk08
    @Felixinhk08 10 лет назад

    The missing subtitle at 1:11 is "three dollars per month for these all four towers"

  • @ahhinwee6195
    @ahhinwee6195 11 лет назад

    A move in the right direction

  • @EwanTBC
    @EwanTBC 11 лет назад

    Not with current infrastructure, but if they were to produce less meat and produce less waste, he is likely correct.

  • @hlimkb
    @hlimkb 11 лет назад

    Step towards the right direction,prices will be at a premium because of the costs n tech involved.

  • @premekmraz4079
    @premekmraz4079 11 лет назад

    They pump water high up into water tank. Then, they left the water fall down to move with plant´s bed and rest of water energy transform in generator into electricity. I think, If they didn't pump water so high, then strenuosity would be the same. And they could save money for generator.

  • @stevee233
    @stevee233 11 лет назад

    Grow high, not long!

  • @lu-dx6oh
    @lu-dx6oh 8 лет назад

    at 4:26 it theres a sign or a pineapple 6.50 in singapore dollars, i looked at the exchange rate and thats 4.83 us dollars for a pineapple really expensive . over here in texas it costs 1 us dollar

    • @timothyyap3479
      @timothyyap3479 8 лет назад

      This is mainly because Singapore imports most of its produce from foreign countries. Just a decade ago they would've been Only about $2-3US but in recent years, many Chinese investors have been buying more and more of our Neighbour's produce, increasing prices dramatically

  • @MrJonslife
    @MrJonslife 11 лет назад

    Well done singapore.

  • @Zoza15
    @Zoza15 9 лет назад +2

    3 dollars a month to run the whole tower?, Fuck! that's nothing!!.

    • @heavydsilva1773
      @heavydsilva1773 6 лет назад

      Morph Verse can't be $3?? Show us the evidence.

  • @Kez2612
    @Kez2612 11 лет назад

    My thoughts exactly

  • @Barskor1
    @Barskor1 11 лет назад

    Average age of a farmer in the US is around 68 this is only possible with mechanization & petrochemicals for fuel pesticides & fertilizers.
    Peak oil learn about it, why do you think they have to go farther and more extreme places to get Oil if you don't believe in Peak Oil?
    Rudolf Diesel made the diesel engine to run on vegetable oils so farmers could supply their own needs and communities.
    Grow industrial hemp food fuel and fiber all from 1 plant gained at the same time.

  • @nickpower03
    @nickpower03 11 лет назад

    I dont think having 80 percent living in rural areas would change much, its still the same amount of food people are eating and urban populations require less energy and space to live.. If everyone only need a coffin space to live (for example) then you could fit 9 billion into a single future city, it's just the details and how people choose to live, but also industry needs to change. Whole global systems and markets need upheaval. Just my thoughts, and I welcome yours.

  • @DalTones79
    @DalTones79 8 лет назад

    Amazing

  • @satin4all
    @satin4all 10 лет назад +1

    Sehr interessant !

  • @fahmianugrah
    @fahmianugrah 8 лет назад

    this is why i study agronomy.. yeah

  • @kevin3434343434
    @kevin3434343434 7 лет назад

    That is terrifying to be dependent on foreign imports for 90% of your food.

  • @marys.2301
    @marys.2301 11 лет назад

    i just bought 50lb grown in Texas.

  • @JeremyElliotPlus
    @JeremyElliotPlus 11 лет назад

    We're not running out of farmers, we're running out of arable (farm-able) land. Sending people out of the cities to build new houses in rural areas would not increase arable land.

  • @nataliaturner4845
    @nataliaturner4845 9 лет назад +2

    They should replace the regular glass with the new transparent solar glass - it'd be awesome :) www.extremetech.com/extreme/188667-a-fully-transparent-solar-cell-that-could-make-every-window-and-screen-a-power-source

    • @bogdanroscaneanu7112
      @bogdanroscaneanu7112 9 лет назад +1

      +Natalia Martinez And with the stored electricty, power red and blue LEDs above leaves at nighttime like those farms in Japan

    • @sourabhsen5629
      @sourabhsen5629 6 лет назад

      Awesome thanks

  • @billymackenzie3988
    @billymackenzie3988 10 лет назад +1

    Import foods leave carbon emission on transport and off course the freshness incomparable in coming to the taste, flavour and scent...the odour of fresh chilli cannot be felt in stored ones...even though it may still be hot..

  • @Cyrus992
    @Cyrus992 9 лет назад

    How far will food prices comes down? 30%? 70%?

  • @lm2193
    @lm2193 10 лет назад

    what is that machine with the chain 0:57? I checked 'gravity fed water system' google but I can't find any machine that looks like this.

  • @mantonio121773
    @mantonio121773 11 лет назад

    We should already be there. Food should not be a business ruled by the laws of supply and demand. Food should be free but the workers and equipment should be paid through taxes. That kind of tax makes sense. Same for healthcare and education bu that 's for another video.