Wednesday, July 6, 2011

The Futurist: The End of Petrotyranny

Good idea.

The author has a different take on the matter than I do.   He doesn't even mention fusion energy while taking solar and wind energy more seriously than I do.

In my opinion, we won't smash through this obstacle until fusion energy is mastered.   Once that is mastered, space can come next. If space can be mastered, world peace has a chance.   This may sound utopian, I know. But human conflict is often caused by scarcity of resources.   Space has superabundant resources, we only need to gain access to it.   Once access to space has been achieved, there would be little reason for fighting over resources.   It doesn't guarantee that human nature will suddenly change for the better, but any obvious excuse for conflict will be removed.   Thereafter, it would take someone hellbent to cause trouble in order to have any.

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