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Visions of Scotland 2050

Flooding, rationing, refugees, power failures ... but we'll all be happier. Experts were asked to imagine our country in 42 years ... Environment Editor Rob Edwards looks at their predictions.

By 2050 Scotland will be mostly vegetarian, look after half a million climate refugees and put its old and young in "community domes" to protect them from floods and heat waves.

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