Identity politics. Identity politics, also called identitarian politics,[2] refers to political positions based on the interests and perspectives of social groups with which people identify. Identity politics includes the ways in which people's politics may be shaped by aspects of their identity through loosely correlated social organizations.
Concept Outline. The space elevator is planned to be built by the year 2050 with a capacity to carry 100-ton climbers. It is composed of a 96,000-km carbon nanotube cable, a 400-m diameter floating Earth Port and a 12,500-ton counter-weight.
If heights arenât your thing, you might want to steer clear of a new skyscraper in China. Hitachi have announced they are to build the worldâs fastest ultra-high-speed elevator in the Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre in Guangzhou, China. The building will be completed in 2016, and inside will be the rapid lifts that can climb 95 floors in just 43 seconds. The Guangzhou CTF finance Centre, artist's illustration shown, will house the world's fastest elevator. Built by Hitachi it will be capable of ascending at 1,200 metres per minute.