New Decade:Your Predictions

@Earlpearl: You know how I hate agreeing with you, but....I have to agree with pretty much your entire post, including the idea of Obama being loyal to his wife. He is way to in love with himself/his position to screw it up with something as petty and common as sex.

@Chaos: As much as the idea of Nuclear Fusion bringing the price of oil to zero, and as fascinating as your information on the topic is, I'm hard pressed to imagine all the cars, ships, airplanes, and tanks which currently burn Oil being converted to Nuclear Fusion this decade, even if the technology was made safe, efficient, and cost effective in the first part of the decade. The logistics of manufacturing, shipping and packaging Nuclear fusion power plants in all sizes would itself take a decade. The logistics of converting all existing oil burning devices, either to fusion reactor, or battery powered via Fusion Reactor would likely take at least another 8 years in the first world, never mind the third world. Another thing you can count on is that OPEC will cut production to a snails pace once the technology looks like it is going to be viable. Got to get as much $$$ as possible for that last hurrah.

 

hehe
No need to manufactur millions of nuclear fusion plants! they will not come in "all sizes" - fussion plants will be huge monsters which will exist in very few locations, at least in the first decades.
Instead, once nuclear fusion will be made possible, cars, ships, airplanes, and tanks will be converted from using fossile fuels to electric power.
Electricity comes from the fussion reactors, and is cheap: all it needs is just hydrogen (16% of our atmosphere) and it unlike fission energy (present day nuclear reactors) it is also clean - no nuclear waste.
The technology to use electric energy in transportation vehicles exists and is in use today. With airplanes that might take longer, but there will be huge interest from both airlines and consumers to reach that goal, so they will reach it.

Probably, Israel will be the first country in the world who will forget about fuel cars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shai_Agassi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Place
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXfqGL3C2uI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b0T5NUHyxs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkSyM0IcXA

 

No a child is exactly one year old the hour, minute, second he was born on January first, one second after that the child is in his second year.






When did the new millennium begin?
When did the 21st Century begin?

If you ask these questions of 100 people, it's likely at least 90 of them will answer, "On January 1, 2000."

That sounds reasonable, but it's wrong. The new millennium, as defined by the Gregorian Calendar used in most of the world, actually began on January 1, 2001, not January 1, 2000. All of the "millennium" celebrations at the end of 1999 were one year too early! (Not that I object in any way to a good party!)

Predictably, the same mistake is being made with regard to the end of the current decade.

Why the Confusion?
Apparently, it's because it "sounds right" that a millennium (or a century) should begin with a nice, round number like 2000. This is sometimes called the "odometer effect" because many automobile owners perceive the rollover of their mileage indicators to include a long string of zeroes as a milestone of sorts.

http://www.astronomyboy.com/millennium/
http://www.google.ca/search?sourcei...CA332CA332&q=when+did+the+new+millenium+start


Read the first link, if you don't get it after that there really is no point in discussing it any further, it like arguing that 1+1 does not equal 2.

 

I somewhat assumed this after reading the site describing the Fusion power under development. If it comes down to battery powered vehicles, I would make the same assertion. We might get 60% of the cars on the road today converted to battery power via L-Ion batteries in the next decade, come Fusion or no. That said, unless you have some knowledge on battery technology that I am unaware of, weight and size vs charge capacity will continue to be a prohibitive factor for converting boats, ships, 18 wheelers, and trains to batteries for the next decade. If we had the battery technology, we could do what you are describing very cheaply and mostly eco-friendly with the Nuclear power technology of today.

 

You wanna show us your logic, or are you demanding that we take your word for it?

 

Come on it's grade 1 math.

If a kid is born at 1 am on Jan. 1st

Date ......................... Days old
. .
January-01-07 @ 1 am . . 0
January-02-07 @ 1 am . . 1
January-03-07 @ 1 am . . 2
January-04-07 @ 1 am . . 3
January-05-07 @ 1 am . . 4
January-06-07 @ 1 am . . 5
January-07-07 @ 1 am . . 6
January-08-07 @ 1 am . . 7
January-09-07 @ 1 am . . 8
January-10-07 @ 1 am . . 9
January-11-07 @ 1 am . . 10
January-12-07 @ 1 am . . 11
January-13-07 @ 1 am . . 12
January-14-07 @ 1 am . . 13
January-15-07 @ 1 am . . 14
January-16-07 @ 1 am . . 15
January-17-07 @ 1 am . . 16
January-18-07 @ 1 am . . 17
January-19-07 @ 1 am . . 18
January-20-07 @ 1 am . . 19
January-21-07 @ 1 am . . 20
January-22-07 @ 1 am . . 21
January-23-07 @ 1 am . . 22
January-24-07 @ 1 am . . 23
January-25-07 @ 1 am . . 24
January-26-07 @ 1 am . . 25
January-27-07 @ 1 am . . 26
January-28-07 @ 1 am . . 27
January-29-07 @ 1 am . . 28
January-30-07 @ 1 am . . 29
January-31-07 @ 1 am . . 30
February-01-07 @ 1 am . . 31
February-02-07 @ 1 am . . 32
February-03-07 @ 1 am . . 33
February-04-07 @ 1 am . . 34
February-05-07 @ 1 am . . 35
February-06-07 @ 1 am . . 36
February-07-07 @ 1 am . . 37
February-08-07 @ 1 am . . 38
February-09-07 @ 1 am . . 39
February-10-07 @ 1 am . . 40
February-11-07 @ 1 am . . 41
February-12-07 @ 1 am . . 42
February-13-07 @ 1 am . . 43
February-14-07 @ 1 am . . 44
February-15-07 @ 1 am . . 45
February-16-07 @ 1 am . . 46
February-17-07 @ 1 am . . 47
February-18-07 @ 1 am . . 48
February-19-07 @ 1 am . . 49
February-20-07 @ 1 am . . 50
February-21-07 @ 1 am . . 51
February-22-07 @ 1 am . . 52
February-23-07 @ 1 am . . 53
February-24-07 @ 1 am . . 54
February-25-07 @ 1 am . . 55
February-26-07 @ 1 am . . 56
February-27-07 @ 1 am . . 57
February-28-07 @ 1 am . . 58
March-01-07 @ 1 am . . 59
March-02-07 @ 1 am . . 60
March-03-07 @ 1 am . . 61
March-04-07 @ 1 am . . 62
March-05-07 @ 1 am . . 63
March-06-07 @ 1 am . . 64
March-07-07 @ 1 am . . 65
March-08-07 @ 1 am . . 66
March-09-07 @ 1 am . . 67
March-10-07 @ 1 am . . 68
March-11-07 @ 1 am . . 69
March-12-07 @ 1 am . . 70
March-13-07 @ 1 am . . 71
March-14-07 @ 1 am . . 72
March-15-07 @ 1 am . . 73
March-16-07 @ 1 am . . 74
March-17-07 @ 1 am . . 75
March-18-07 @ 1 am . . 76
March-19-07 @ 1 am . . 77
March-20-07 @ 1 am . . 78
March-21-07 @ 1 am . . 79
March-22-07 @ 1 am . . 80
March-23-07 @ 1 am . . 81
March-24-07 @ 1 am . . 82
March-25-07 @ 1 am . . 83
March-26-07 @ 1 am . . 84
March-27-07 @ 1 am . . 85
March-28-07 @ 1 am . . 86
March-29-07 @ 1 am . . 87
March-30-07 @ 1 am . . 88
March-31-07 @ 1 am . . 89
April-01-07 @ 1 am . . 90
April-02-07 @ 1 am . . 91
April-03-07 @ 1 am . . 92
April-04-07 @ 1 am . . 93
April-05-07 @ 1 am . . 94
April-06-07 @ 1 am . . 95
April-07-07 @ 1 am . . 96
April-08-07 @ 1 am . . 97
April-09-07 @ 1 am . . 98
April-10-07 @ 1 am . . 99
April-11-07 @ 1 am . . 100
April-12-07 @ 1 am . . 101
April-13-07 @ 1 am . . 102
April-14-07 @ 1 am . . 103
April-15-07 @ 1 am . . 104
April-16-07 @ 1 am . . 105
April-17-07 @ 1 am . . 106
April-18-07 @ 1 am . . 107
April-19-07 @ 1 am . . 108
April-20-07 @ 1 am . . 109
April-21-07 @ 1 am . . 110
April-22-07 @ 1 am . . 111
April-23-07 @ 1 am . . 112
April-24-07 @ 1 am . . 113
April-25-07 @ 1 am . . 114
April-26-07 @ 1 am . . 115
April-27-07 @ 1 am . . 116
April-28-07 @ 1 am . . 117
April-29-07 @ 1 am . . 118
April-30-07 @ 1 am . . 119
May-01-07 @ 1 am . . 120
May-02-07 @ 1 am . . 121
May-03-07 @ 1 am . . 122
May-04-07 @ 1 am . . 123
May-05-07 @ 1 am . . 124
May-06-07 @ 1 am . . 125
May-07-07 @ 1 am . . 126
May-08-07 @ 1 am . . 127
May-09-07 @ 1 am . . 128
May-10-07 @ 1 am . . 129
May-11-07 @ 1 am . . 130
May-12-07 @ 1 am . . 131
May-13-07 @ 1 am . . 132
May-14-07 @ 1 am . . 133
May-15-07 @ 1 am . . 134
May-16-07 @ 1 am . . 135
May-17-07 @ 1 am . . 136
May-18-07 @ 1 am . . 137
May-19-07 @ 1 am . . 138
May-20-07 @ 1 am . . 139
May-21-07 @ 1 am . . 140
May-22-07 @ 1 am . . 141
May-23-07 @ 1 am . . 142
May-24-07 @ 1 am . . 143
May-25-07 @ 1 am . . 144
May-26-07 @ 1 am . . 145
May-27-07 @ 1 am . . 146
May-28-07 @ 1 am . . 147
May-29-07 @ 1 am . . 148
May-30-07 @ 1 am . . 149
May-31-07 @ 1 am . . 150
June-01-07 @ 1 am . . 151
June-02-07 @ 1 am . . 152
June-03-07 @ 1 am . . 153
June-04-07 @ 1 am . . 154
June-05-07 @ 1 am . . 155
June-06-07 @ 1 am . . 156
June-07-07 @ 1 am . . 157
June-08-07 @ 1 am . . 158
June-09-07 @ 1 am . . 159
June-10-07 @ 1 am . . 160
June-11-07 @ 1 am . . 161
June-12-07 @ 1 am . . 162
June-13-07 @ 1 am . . 163
June-14-07 @ 1 am . . 164
June-15-07 @ 1 am . . 165
June-16-07 @ 1 am . . 166
June-17-07 @ 1 am . . 167
June-18-07 @ 1 am . . 168
June-19-07 @ 1 am . . 169
June-20-07 @ 1 am . . 170
June-21-07 @ 1 am . . 171
June-22-07 @ 1 am . . 172
June-23-07 @ 1 am . . 173
June-24-07 @ 1 am . . 174
June-25-07 @ 1 am . . 175
June-26-07 @ 1 am . . 176
June-27-07 @ 1 am . . 177
June-28-07 @ 1 am . . 178
June-29-07 @ 1 am . . 179
June-30-07 @ 1 am . . 180
July-01-07 @ 1 am . . 181
July-02-07 @ 1 am . . 182
July-03-07 @ 1 am . . 183
July-04-07 @ 1 am . . 184
July-05-07 @ 1 am . . 185
July-06-07 @ 1 am . . 186
July-07-07 @ 1 am . . 187
July-08-07 @ 1 am . . 188
July-09-07 @ 1 am . . 189
July-10-07 @ 1 am . . 190
July-11-07 @ 1 am . . 191
July-12-07 @ 1 am . . 192
July-13-07 @ 1 am . . 193
July-14-07 @ 1 am . . 194
July-15-07 @ 1 am . . 195
July-16-07 @ 1 am . . 196
July-17-07 @ 1 am . . 197
July-18-07 @ 1 am . . 198
July-19-07 @ 1 am . . 199
July-20-07 @ 1 am . . 200
July-21-07 @ 1 am . . 201
July-22-07 @ 1 am . . 202
July-23-07 @ 1 am . . 203
July-24-07 @ 1 am . . 204
July-25-07 @ 1 am . . 205
July-26-07 @ 1 am . . 206
July-27-07 @ 1 am . . 207
July-28-07 @ 1 am . . 208
July-29-07 @ 1 am . . 209
July-30-07 @ 1 am . . 210
July-31-07 @ 1 am . . 211
August-01-07 @ 1 am . . 212
August-02-07 @ 1 am . . 213
August-03-07 @ 1 am . . 214
August-04-07 @ 1 am . . 215
August-05-07 @ 1 am . . 216
August-06-07 @ 1 am . . 217
August-07-07 @ 1 am . . 218
August-08-07 @ 1 am . . 219
August-09-07 @ 1 am . . 220
August-10-07 @ 1 am . . 221
August-11-07 @ 1 am . . 222
August-12-07 @ 1 am . . 223
August-13-07 @ 1 am . . 224
August-14-07 @ 1 am . . 225
August-15-07 @ 1 am . . 226
August-16-07 @ 1 am . . 227
August-17-07 @ 1 am . . 228
August-18-07 @ 1 am . . 229
August-19-07 @ 1 am . . 230
August-20-07 @ 1 am . . 231
August-21-07 @ 1 am . . 232
August-22-07 @ 1 am . . 233
August-23-07 @ 1 am . . 234
August-24-07 @ 1 am . . 235
August-25-07 @ 1 am . . 236
August-26-07 @ 1 am . . 237
August-27-07 @ 1 am . . 238
August-28-07 @ 1 am . . 239
August-29-07 @ 1 am . . 240
August-30-07 @ 1 am . . 241
August-31-07 @ 1 am . . 242
September-01-07 @ 1 am . . 243
September-02-07 @ 1 am . . 244
September-03-07 @ 1 am . . 245
September-04-07 @ 1 am . . 246
September-05-07 @ 1 am . . 247
September-06-07 @ 1 am . . 248
September-07-07 @ 1 am . . 249
September-08-07 @ 1 am . . 250
September-09-07 @ 1 am . . 251
September-10-07 @ 1 am . . 252
September-11-07 @ 1 am . . 253
September-12-07 @ 1 am . . 254
September-13-07 @ 1 am . . 255
September-14-07 @ 1 am . . 256
September-15-07 @ 1 am . . 257
September-16-07 @ 1 am . . 258
September-17-07 @ 1 am . . 259
September-18-07 @ 1 am . . 260
September-19-07 @ 1 am . . 261
September-20-07 @ 1 am . . 262
September-21-07 @ 1 am . . 263
September-22-07 @ 1 am . . 264
September-23-07 @ 1 am . . 265
September-24-07 @ 1 am . . 266
September-25-07 @ 1 am . . 267
September-26-07 @ 1 am . . 268
September-27-07 @ 1 am . . 269
September-28-07 @ 1 am . . 270
September-29-07 @ 1 am . . 271
September-30-07 @ 1 am . . 272
October-01-07 @ 1 am . . 273
October-02-07 @ 1 am . . 274
October-03-07 @ 1 am . . 275
October-04-07 @ 1 am . . 276
October-05-07 @ 1 am . . 277
October-06-07 @ 1 am . . 278
October-07-07 @ 1 am . . 279
October-08-07 @ 1 am . . 280
October-09-07 @ 1 am . . 281
October-10-07 @ 1 am . . 282
October-11-07 @ 1 am . . 283
October-12-07 @ 1 am . . 284
October-13-07 @ 1 am . . 285
October-14-07 @ 1 am . . 286
October-15-07 @ 1 am . . 287
October-16-07 @ 1 am . . 288
October-17-07 @ 1 am . . 289
October-18-07 @ 1 am . . 290
October-19-07 @ 1 am . . 291
October-20-07 @ 1 am . . 292
October-21-07 @ 1 am . . 293
October-22-07 @ 1 am . . 294
October-23-07 @ 1 am . . 295
October-24-07 @ 1 am . . 296
October-25-07 @ 1 am . . 297
October-26-07 @ 1 am . . 298
October-27-07 @ 1 am . . 299
October-28-07 @ 1 am . . 300
October-29-07 @ 1 am . . 301
October-30-07 @ 1 am . . 302
October-31-07 @ 1 am . . 303
November-01-07 @ 1 am . . 304
November-02-07 @ 1 am . . 305
November-03-07 @ 1 am . . 306
November-04-07 @ 1 am . . 307
November-05-07 @ 1 am . . 308
November-06-07 @ 1 am . . 309
November-07-07 @ 1 am . . 310
November-08-07 @ 1 am . . 311
November-09-07 @ 1 am . . 312
November-10-07 @ 1 am . . 313
November-11-07 @ 1 am . . 314
November-12-07 @ 1 am . . 315
November-13-07 @ 1 am . . 316
November-14-07 @ 1 am . . 317
November-15-07 @ 1 am . . 318
November-16-07 @ 1 am . . 319
November-17-07 @ 1 am . . 320
November-18-07 @ 1 am . . 321
November-19-07 @ 1 am . . 322
November-20-07 @ 1 am . . 323
November-21-07 @ 1 am . . 324
November-22-07 @ 1 am . . 325
November-23-07 @ 1 am . . 326
November-24-07 @ 1 am . . 327
November-25-07 @ 1 am . . 328
November-26-07 @ 1 am . . 329
November-27-07 @ 1 am . . 330
November-28-07 @ 1 am . . 331
November-29-07 @ 1 am . . 332
November-30-07 @ 1 am . . 333
December-01-07 @ 1 am . . 334
December-02-07 @ 1 am . . 335
December-03-07 @ 1 am . . 336
December-04-07 @ 1 am . . 337
December-05-07 @ 1 am . . 338
December-06-07 @ 1 am . . 339
December-07-07 @ 1 am . . 340
December-08-07 @ 1 am . . 341
December-09-07 @ 1 am . . 342
December-10-07 @ 1 am . . 343
December-11-07 @ 1 am . . 344
December-12-07 @ 1 am . . 345
December-13-07 @ 1 am . . 346
December-14-07 @ 1 am . . 347
December-15-07 @ 1 am . . 348
December-16-07 @ 1 am . . 349
December-17-07 @ 1 am . . 350
December-18-07 @ 1 am . . 351
December-19-07 @ 1 am . . 352
December-20-07 @ 1 am . . 353
December-21-07 @ 1 am . . 354
December-22-07 @ 1 am . . 355
December-23-07 @ 1 am . . 356
December-24-07 @ 1 am . . 357
December-25-07 @ 1 am . . 358
December-26-07 @ 1 am . . 359
December-27-07 @ 1 am . . 360
December-28-07 @ 1 am . . 361
December-29-07 @ 1 am . . 362
December-30-07 @ 1 am . . 363
December-31-07 @ 1 am . . 364
January-01-08 @ 1 am . . 365 equals 1 year.

On January first at 1:01 am the child is 1 year and one minute old and in it's second year.

 

Maybe some DP math might help you understand, now a year (apart from leap year) has 365 days, that's a fact.

goto: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/forumdisplay.php?f=19&page=260

Find a thread that is 365 days old and see what date it was posted, as if by magic it'll be the same date as the date you look, just 1 year older.
You can try it today, tomorrow or next year and it will always work untill we come upon another leap year.

 

i heard a lot of great predictions in this youtube video. looks like some cool shit is headed our way.

 

Roman, man you caught me - for a minute I thought I was going to get away with it , but you actually wrote it out!!!

 

I didn't click the link and wasn't rick roll'd... so shut up!

 

as for cars --> look at the links at the end of my previous post. This is not only feasible, but it will become reality here in Israel in the next decade for sure.
trains ---> are already all electric (at least in Europe, dunno about the US)
airplanes and ships --> will take time. First there should be a good motivation, and I can't think of a better motivation than lots of energy for zero dollars and zero pollution, which is what fusion energy has to offer.

In two/three decades, all of the above work on energy coming from fusion reactors. I don't see any other option for humanity at the moment.

 

Certainly in spot locations. To bring Oil to zero, it would have to be worldwide.

Yeah, our railways got bought out/destroyed/blocked by the automotive industry in the US. Mag Lev and electric trains are practically non-existent(except for subways). We have lots of old school slow speed track (diesel engines) which is used mostly for commercial traffic.

The one big thing left off of that list were tanks. The Abrams gets gallons per mile, not miles per gallon, and I am hard pressed to see that thing going electric anytime soon. The bright side is, if we convert what we can(domestic automobiles) to electric and expand our drilling, America could reduce/eliminate dependence on foreign oil this decade.

That sounds more realistic on a worldwide scale. As a by-product, it will be interesting to see what the world does about the massive poverty, crime, and war you predicted will come to the currently oil-rich totalitarian regimes. I don't see an alternative future for those locations. Unfortunately, when that happens, they will turn into a bigger problem for the rest of the civilized world than they already are. Venezuela used to have a functioning economy and middle class and now, thanks to Chavez, they too will fall when oil goes.

 

Speaking as someone who once worked in Detroit and helped design automotive systems, while the electric car concept looks great, there are, unfortunately, practical business problems. The most important is the classic chicken/egg issue: You can't sell electric cars until charging stations and PROFITABLE battery replacement stations are everywhere, but you won't have charging stations/battery replacement stations everywhere unless there are plenty of electric cars. The battery replacement stations are like a MacDonalds - they are privately owned businesses, with an owner and employees that needs to make a profit the first day it opens it's doors. They also need a (profitable) support infrastructure to supply the batteries, repair the station equipment when down, etc. No independent businessperson/entrepreneur is going to spend his money on such a business and then sit and hope enough people buy the cars before he goes bankrupt. In the USA, there are also uncharted territories of legal liability to deal with.

 

I can buy that! Maybe more will commit suicide at a faster rate than they are being born, or someone will introduce them to birth control and living life!

 

They should definitely hold back on the reproduction. Something I do agree with.

 

Nothing goes as predicted but i fear that environment problems will have a huge say in deciding socio political things.

 

Maybe our drones should drop rubbers?

 

That would be awesome. I seriously wish they had a limit on reproduction like china.

 

hmm, but the CIA hands out Viagra

 

Yeah, that is a bit perplexing: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/25/cia-using-viagra-to-help_n_153519.html

What they should be doing is giving them Viagra lace with something that sterilizes them.