Predictions

It’s hard to predict the future. Future Shock tried to predict the future in the seventies, but watching it now, it seems silly, and not very useful for predicting anything.

These two movies came out in 2006, and they seem to be coming true already.

A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash

www.oilcrashmovie.com

Gas prices are up, and will only go higher. It seems to me that we are running out of gas.



An Inconvenient Truth

www.climatecrisis.net

A couple of years ago, people did not think we were having a climate change. Now, that is all people are talking about.



Is it the end of the world as we know it? I doubt it. Do you want the world to end? I know I don’t. I don’t know how we will fix all of the problems in the world, but I do think that people are working on it.

How will it end? I don’t know. I’m not good at predictions either!

Using Ice to Cool Office Buildings.

Ice Cubes (Isbiter)
Originally uploaded by Åsta

Some New York office towers and buildings are keeping their AC use to a minimum by using an energy-saving system that relies on blocks of ice to pump chilly air. This saves energy, and money.

Read more at: www.cnn.com

Some More Energy Ideas.

A man made a cheap rooftop solar water heater out of old beer bottles. www.sciam.com

Scientists develop microbes that convert food scraps into energy. www.technologyreview.com

The future is looking up!

Alternate Energy Sources

We have all heard about the traditional alternate energy sources, like wind, solar, and nuclear power. But how about sugar energy? According to the BBC, scientists have found a bacteria that can convert sugar into electricity.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3092754.stm

Got a couple of potatoes around the house? How about you run your MP3 player with them?



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