THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GEODESIC DOME

At this time on Earth, we have found that our resources are finite 
while our ability to reproduce seems infinite.

Are we as a species doomed due to a collision course of need and availability ?

Some people think we are, 
as described in books such as "The Population Bomb".

Another school of thought proposes 
that we can engineer ourselves out of this predicament 
by doing more and more with less and less. 
It is their contention that this is an evolutionary trend 
and that working with this trend,  
we as a species, have a glowing future, 
in which all have what we need to grow and flourish.

R. Buckminster Fullerwas one of the most vocal exponents 
of the latter positive approach.
The result of this outlook and his tremendous energy and perseverance 
was a collection of invention including (most famously) the geodesic dome. 

The Geodesic Dome encloses a greater volume of space with the less material 
than any other type of structure. 
It is inherently stabile due to its triangulated-geodesic network of members. 
It is readily mass-producible, modular, transportable and quickly erectable.
The geodesic dome offers the potential to enclose cities 
under one "clear-span" environmental control-enclosure; 
harvesting for its inhabitants more energy than it uses . 

It is the potential to house all of humanity 
by giving them a simple, yet effective technological artifact 
that makes the geodesic dome so important. 
Doing more with less for all.

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