Переведите на . the house of the future in the new village of hamborne, in kent, robert pickford goes to the bathroom and pares for a new day. it is 2020 there is a slight hum as the family water purifier switches on, and as he walks down the way he taps the electricity meter and sees it shows that the family is in credit: his own dmill generator and solar panels are putting more energy into the electricity grid than the sehold is using, adding to the family income. downstairs his wife, ela, is complaining. the alled smart fridge has malfunctioned and the order for milk and bread which should have hed the local delivery service has not been sent. the grocer, who employs a refugee from alu, a pacific island country that disappeared three years previously as sea levels rose, will to be telephoned instead. richard normally works from home, but today is going in a shared hydrogen-powered car e office on an industrial estate in the next town when working at home, a telephone gadget in his ear, which operates on electricity rated by his brain, allows his manager to speak to him at any time during working hours as he drives to work he carefully picks his route to avoid traffic congestion charges on motorway, or in any of the towns on the way. his company long ago moved out of its al london headquarters to cut costs the clampdown on preservatives in food and high oil prices mean that sending fresh food distances is prohibitively expensive. the family keep chickens to have a supply of fresh and grow vegetables because so much imported food is now an expensive luxury. the her climate means melons can be grown outdoors, although it also has led to a malaria eak in nearby tunbridge wells
