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Ice continues to diminish
Afer a long and icy winter in many parts of the world, especially in the U.S., and now that we are in mid-summer, what is happening with ice caps? Both the north and south poles are considered important as indicators of the future direction of the planet as related to global warming, since heat accumulates [...]
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This is not a drill
Everyone has seen on film or TV, and a few have personally experienced the following: an emergency begins – a fire, an air raid, a ship collision. For a while there is confusion, and people mill around, not sure what is happening. Then, a voice comes over a PA system: “THIS IS NOT A DRILL, [...]
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I called it in December 2007 – Oil hit $140 by mid-year
On December 21, 2007 the price of oil was in the $90 range. As we recorded “Outlook 2008” on that day I predicted a price of $140-150 by mid-year. And, yesterday on June 26, 2008 I was proven right, as oil climbed above $140 for the first time. Looking ahead, let’s put to rest one [...]
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Book now in Brazil, Portuguese Translation
My book, Turning the Future Into Revenue, still generally available but most easily obtained via Amazon, is now available in a Portuguese translation, published in Brazil. My publisher, Wiley & Sons, just sent some copies, which look nice. img id=”image478″ height=96 alt=”Book Portuguese Translation” src=”http://www.futurist.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/BookPortTrans.thumbnail.jpg” /> Glen Hiemstra is a futurist speaker, consultant, blogger, internet [...]
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The Long Tail
In the digital ecosystem, it’s the head that gets the hits: the most popular and visible players garner the most attention, and therefore revenue. Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired, has drawn attention to the rest of the animal in his book, The Long Tail. Anderson proposes that the smaller entities—likened to a long tail streaming [...]
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World Made by Hand
He is, quite simply, one of the most provocative American thinkers and writers alive today. He is James Howard Kunstler, author most recently of the novel, World Made by Hand. In recent years, Mr. Kunstler has become best known for making the case that “peak oil” is here, now, the moment when we begin the [...]
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Peak Oil and Global Warming – the Cross Matrix
There are three convergent items that all raise the question of the link between global warming and future fossil fuel use. Recent testimony to Congress from oil executives once again included assurances that there is sufficient oil to last for decades, and that no matter what, oil, coal and gas will still comprise the vast [...]
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Robots
Before this week is over, I wanted to alert you to a video that I just came across, in an article on Robots at a blog site called Open the Future. This video is of a “packbot” called “Big Dog.” The robot was built by Boston Dynamics. Watch the video, and then I’d suggest you [...]
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Channeling Water for a Healthy Future
Water is vital to the health of our future. We cannot begin to address the way we structure our communities for long term well-being and productivity, without devoting serious attention to the role that water plays. Focus is often given to the populations in the world for whom water is already a scarce resource, and [...]
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Matt Simmons Sees $300 Oil
I am always interested when Matt Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert, appears on the TV and comments on future oil prices. He is an oil analyst with a penchant for telling the truth rather than spinning either overly optimistic or pessimistic stories about peak oil (the day we will have used half the [...]
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