While I agree with Crop Duster that we're going to have a rough decade or ten in front of us, the reality is that we pretty much have the technology now to start building a carbon free utility grid that puts off fresh water, and perhaps even carbon free hydrocarbons as a byproduct, with very little waste while dealing with some of our current nuclear waste. If we really got onboard with that now our next century could be pretty incredible.
The refining process didn't exist until around 160 years ago, and the refined product led to internal combustion engines, cars, powerboats, planes, and eventually jet aircraft. I'm confident that what replaces refined oil will vastly improve upon what we are currently driving and flying.
I think an ATP should be required.
D'oh!
Because for the last 30+ years we've hit the point where we *could* keep innovating at break neck speeds but we don't. Not for lack of technical abilities but for lack of public backing. We're not interested in math or science. We're not interested in new innovations. We're interested in the almighty dollar and the almighty dollar is quite risk averse.
Someone would like to have a word.Point. Agreed.
One should never, ever use absolutes. It's always a bad idea.
Where's my damn SST?
500 years from now we'll have transporters, according to Star Trek.
Done more than thought about it. A rather non-flattering book on Bezos and Amazon.com, Inc. just came out. The real casualty is the credibility of 60 Minutes...well, what little credibility they had left over anyway.
