With innovation, a concentrated effort, and a little fantasy man can solve all worldly problems and beyond. We”ve came to believe that our lives have become a perpetual series of problems.
To say this is true would be valid, however problems are subject mostly to an individual”s perception. Very few problems are in fact universal. For instance many people would cry foul at the amount of work that is outsourced to China.
Where if you were in China you wouldn”t see that as a concern, not because you”d be the benefactor of Americans need for cheap goods but rather that even without a job Americans have a higher quality of life. Technical software workers make $15,000 U.S. dollars a year, and the minimum wage in China is 80 cents an hour.
The major universal problem the world will face is the energy crisis.
The sky will fall, qualities of life will be greatly diminished, the energy crisis is the major world dilemma that can”t be ignored much longer as the population will boom beyond 9 billion by 2050.
Since the Industrial Revolution population growth has depended on mass production.
Production is dependent on oil and contrary to Capitalism where it is built on infinite supply and demand, there is no infinite supply of oil. Even the flavor word of the decade “Green” needs oil. Oil is used for plastic, pesticides, tires and its especially needed to obtain more oil.
Solar and wind power don”t yet have the technology or power to be utilized for large cities.
More immediate focus worldwide in a cooperative effort has to be made to update the power grid, build effective and efficient batteries that can capture and transport more solar energy and we must begin to look to the future of space exploration for that will ultimately be our only hope fore abundant resources and survival.
Daylen Roberts
Lucerne
