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When oil runs low, will the U.S. and China forcibly occupy the Middle East, with the reason finally being overt in that it’s all about the oil? Will our respective governments sell us on a battle for resources, for energy? It seems like as military powers, the U.S. and China are the big [...]

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A few weeks ago, I was a major fan of nuclear power. I thought it could solve all our problems. When I was younger, I was more familiar with the issue of nuclear waste. It seemed to be in the media somewhat more. At the time a few weeks ago during [...]

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I read on Yahoo today that an ailing American spy satellite has gone rogue (i.e., we’ve lost control) and will make its way through our atmosphere to our surface. Perhaps it will land in the ocean, or on a deserted stretch of land. One particular detail caught my eye.
“The satellite, which no longer [...]

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Just think: We’re close to developing AI already. If we could build a machine that was smart enough to build smarter versions of itself, at some point one incarnation would be powerful enough to come up with a sure-thing solution to global warming.
When Google changes its name to SkyNet, maybe we could ask [...]

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Recently Fox aired the first part to “The Simpsons’” “Who Shot Mr. Burns” cliffhanger saga. It obviously forces Mr. Burns down an aggressive and dangerous path merely for the sake of the plot, but his actions do seem in accord with the forces behind Big Oil.
First he steals oil from the elementary school, and [...]

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I saw a short segment on television within the past 24 hours detailing how the Mayan civilization existed during a time when the sun’s solar output diminished for some reason. This caused a global cooling trend, which shifted ocean currents, and dried out the Mayan territory. Major droughts eventually lead to cultural devastation.
So [...]

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I was watching an old episode of “The Simpsons,” and Homer and Mindy were selected to represent the Nuclear Power Plant. They were sitting at a table, maybe preparing to go on the air or something, when a few people walked by and yelled their displeasure with the Nuclear Power industry. One said [...]

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A few days ago I watched a news story about a minivan or SUV that was a gas-electric hybrid which had been modified to get 150 miles to the gallon. What they did wasn’t that new; I’d seen the technique before. You take a normal hybrid, and add as many batteries as is [...]

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Sign of global warming?
I’ve read that we’re supposed to get lots and lots of droughts, to the point that we’re all clamoring for limited resources, and then oil peaks and the economy crashes. Then all governments collapse and widespread riots ensue.
And then we get superpowers.
But seriously, could the current droughts be connected with worse [...]

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I saw a commercial on TV today advocating changing your light bulbs from the old kind to the new, more efficient kind. There were a few different semi-famous people there. One of them was the actor who plays Sylar on “Heroes.”
I already knew that taking that step was a good idea. At [...]

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