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The point of view of my project is a 'worst-case' scenario.
WHAT IF no major breakthroughs in energy technology/physics
occur in the next 100 years. If we look at the past
century, there is really little 'new' in commercial 'energy
production' apart from nuclear and photo-voltaic electrical
production. Sure the engineering and much of the technology
has improved, but the physics of the energy industry would
be easy for the circa 1900 physicist to comprehend. So,
while we hope for breakthroughs in areas such as fusion, and
could always be surprised by something coming totally out of
'left field', it is not unreasonable to look at what the
possibilities/probabilities would be without any 'new
physics' and with little in the way of true 'breakthrough'
technology.