america 2025,,it aint lookin so hot...

hippiehillbilly · Sep 10, 2008

http://www.computerworld.com/action...xonomyId=19&articleId=9114437&intsrc=hm_topic

U.S. sees six 'disruptive technologies' by 2025

Top U.S. intelligence official warns of declining U.S. dominance, climate change

By Patrick Thibodeau

September 10, 2008 (Computerworld) WASHINGTON -- In December, the president-elect will get a report detailing threats to the U.S. that will most likely include a list of emerging technologies that will have a major impact on the U.S. and the world. This report, called Global Trends 2025, is a forecast prepared by U.S. intelligence agencies.
The report will be a grim assessment, with warnings about economic challenges, an aging work force, climate change and U.S. adversaries, according to emerging details, which most recently surfaced in a speech by Thomas Fingar, deputy director of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the body that oversees all U.S intelligence agencies. Fingar spoke this month before a gathering of intelligence analysts at a conference in Orlando.
In the period leading up to 2025, the U.S. "will remain the preeminent power, but that American dominance will be much diminished over this period of time," said Fingar, according to a transcript of his remarks released by the office (download PDF).
The "overwhelming dominance that the United States has enjoyed in the international system in military, political, economic and arguably cultural arenas is eroding and will erode at an accelerating pace, with the partial exception of military," Fingar said.
The U.S. may remain the dominant military power, but its nuclear capability will be less important as challenges shift to cyberthreats. The U.S. population will get older, but not to the extent of Western Europe, Japan and China, where the the ratio of young productive people to seniors will begin to approach 1-3. "That is a pretty heavy burden on economic growth," Fingar said.
The next president will receive a particularly bleak warning about climate change. By 2025, "it is not a good time to live in the Southwest because it runs out of water and looks like the Dust Bowl. It is not a good time to be along the Atlantic Seaboard, particularly in the South because of the projected increase and intensity and severity and frequency of severe weather -- more hurricanes, more serious storms, and so forth," Fingar said.
Among the climate-related problems Fingar cited are water shortages in "the already unstable Middle East" and in China.
"Think about the difficulty of scrounging up in the international system the food for 17 [million] or 18 million North Koreans, for a few tens of millions on the Horn of Africa ... you have got one hell of a problem. And that is going to happen. This isn't in the 'maybe' category. This is in the 'for-real' category," Fingar said.
The report is expected to look at disruptive technologies, and a preview of what may be in the report was prepared by the National Intelligence Council in April.
A disruptive technology is defined "as a technology with the potential to causes a noticeable -- even if temporary -- degradation or enhancement in one of the elements of U.S. national power," the report said. Those elements are geopolitical, military, economic or social cohesion. It identified six technologies that have that potential.

Biogerontechnology involves technologies that improve lifespan. Think of Dorian Gray. If people are living longer and healthier lives, it will challenge nations to develop new economic and social policies for an older and healthier population.

Energy storage systems, such as fuel cells and ultracapacitors, would replace fossil fuels.

Crop-based biofuels and chemicals production, which will reduce gasoline dependence.

Clean coal technologies can improve electrical generation efficiency and reduce pollutants.

Robots have the potential to replace humans in a number of industries, ranging from the military to health care.

Internet pervasiveness will be in everyday objects, such as food packages, furniture and paper documents. It will also streamline supply chains, slash costs "and reduce dependence on human labor," according to the report.

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now thats some fucked up shit...

blackcat666 · Sep 13, 2008

so, what else is new? this is nothing but the same report that was given to jimmy carter back in 1978. it just shows that, the political will is not there to do anything about this stuff.

Hendrix_Hippie · Sep 13, 2008

This is exactly why the apocalypse is going to happen in 2012. When we fuck up the planet and fuck up ourselves something's gotta give.

killuminati · Sep 14, 2008

Hendrix_Hippie said:

This is exactly why the apocalypse is going to happen in 2012. When we fuck up the planet and fuck up ourselves something's gotta give.
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what's gonna happen in 2012/2013 is quite the opposite.

if the Earth was being fucked up like you say it is, it's vibration would drop. however that isn't the case. I think, by 2011ish, you will be able to hear/feel the vibration more than ever. like, even the people who don't tune into it will be able to hear it.

any one who's ready will ascend with it.

espfeelit · Sep 14, 2008

volcanos push out 1000 times more cfcs a year than the entire industrial world pushes out in 100 years. america will shatter into groups and split into smaller ethical branches. Look at russia before the collapse of the soviet union. yes, they were far left, but people are much more involved in politics and the tensions are stetching like a rubber band. mexico will claim much of texas as will russia with alaska. the un will be sent in but ultimately anarchy will rise.

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