20.19
Industry
  Industry is how the body politic structures itself to perform work and trade. Industry is defined by a number of factors, regulation, trade, technology and demand for services.  
  The State Creed represents the ultimate instrument of power in the formation of a society. Hence, its legitimacy is paramount in considering the legitimacy of the society.  
20.19.1 Primary producers/industry  
  Primary producers/ industry can be defined as those specialized activities that provide essential components for the survival and sustainment of all activities within the economy.  
  Historically and today, the first and most important primary producers and industry are:  
 
Food Water/Sanitation
Fuel Mining and materials
Transport Systems Storage and distribution
Building Rules of economy- economic policy
Means of exchange (money) People
Knowledge/education system Law/legal system
 
20.19.2 Food  
  It goes without saying that without food a community starves. Food therefore is the lifeblood of any community. In human history, agriculture has historically been the main economic activity for 90% of the world's population. Until the 20th century enabled construction technologies and massive shifts in manufacturing and jobs in the service industries, most of the population lived in cities of fewer than 5,000 people.  
  Food depends not only on the land, farming techniques but transport, storage and distribution systems in place. The most efficient food system ever created remains the agri-technology of the ancient Sth American civilization over 8,000 years ago. In significant scientific testing in the early 1990's, their system of elevated natural hydroponic agriculture beds consistently produced better yields than any other methods by 3 to 1.  
20.19.3 Water/Sanitation  
  Water is essential to the survival of the human being. So is healthy living conditions. As water is both the lifeblood and the main source of health problems of community living (waste disposal, sanitation) water and sanitation have always historically been connected. It is no coincidence that most cities are built near water sources such as rivers.  
  Evidence of water storage, distribution and sanitation is a feature from the oldest cities to the present day "model" city. The Romans were not the first to invent public water and sanitation systems. Evidence of this engineering feature can be seen in ancient cities of Sth America, Iran/Iraq, Greece and Egypt.  
  Given the related roles of flowing water for sanitation, power, agriculture as well as liquid, water planning has historically been a public utility function.  
20.19.4 Fuel  
  Fuel has traditionally been a primary industry since the dawn of humanity. The oldest fuel sources include wood and hydro-carbons, including the use of petroleum (tar and later petroleum) for thousands of years. As is self evident, fuel is crucial as a primary source for heat in cold weather conditions, a feature of mineral and materials refinement (furnace and ovens), source of energy for cooking, ceremony, public lighting and machine function ( e.g. steam trains).  
  All these functions of fuel sources are evidence in the very first cultures of humanity to those of the present day. As fuel is an enabler of all primary manufacture and (mineral refinement, machine function, materials refinement and cooking) and motor transport (car, plane, ship) its relative abundance or scarcity has affected the overall health and focus of the economy of a society.  
  A lack of fuel leads to a dramatic reduction in manufacturing and increased focus on essential living needs- and abundance of fuel leads to a growth in manufacturing and health of the economy.  
  In looking at the history of fuel sources, periods of cheap abundant fuel have corresponded to the greatest periods of growth of wealth of economies- the wood age, the coal age, gas age, petroleum age.  
  It was the cheap abundance of coal in the 17th and 18th century that powered the industrial revolution. It was the refinement of coal to gas in the late 18th to 19th century that opened up public lighting, manufacturing and beginning of mass public transport systems (trams) and key appliances. It was then at the beginning of the 20th century and peaking in the 1960's that petroleum fueled some of the greatest prosperity of human history with personalized motor transport (cars/trucks).  
  Importantly, the relative scarcity and cost of fuel in many economies contributes to the cost of manufacture and general decline in living conditions.  
20.19.4 Mining/Materials refinement  
  Contrary to the belief that mining and materials refinement is a relatively new primary industry of human endeavor, evidence in Tanzania in Africa has revealed mines over 140,000 years old, indicating the evidence of mining as a primary activity from before the 1st recorded founding of human cities.  
  Further, the metal skills of the Sumerian culture over 8000 years ago, smashes the old belief of "iron age", "bronze age" labels for the development of technology and human development.  
  Mineral/metals are crucial for the construction of products and materials as well as the building of machines. Similar to fuel, the abundance and cheapness of minerals promotes manufacture, while expense depresses manufacture.  
  The cheapness of primary ores in the 18th/19th century thanks to improved transport and extraction methods in combination with cheap fuel fed the industrial revolution and the growth of social wealth into the 20th century.  
     
     
 
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