Ten Solar Energy Predictions for 2013 by Barry Cinnamon, Solar Freedom Now | December 27, 2012 | Post Your Comment We’ve been down so long almost anything starts to look like up. Be prepared for another few down years as the solar industry rationalizes production and figures out how to make money …
Adam Frank, astrophysicist talks about big changes ahead in computing
SmartPlanet speaks with astrophysicist Adam Frank about how quantum computing will give us our next enormous leap in computing power and make our recent digital revolution look primitive. By Christie Nicholson Read more headlines from Smart Planet Daily…
The Most Popular Stories from THE FUTURIST magazine in 2012
From the editors of THE FUTURIST magazine, here are the most popular articles, stories, and blog posts we were honored to bring to you this year. We couldn’t do it without ourmembers and the generous support of people like you. Read more…
Expanding Dust Bowls Worsening Food Prospects in China and Africa
Janet Larsen http://www.earth-policy.org/plan_b_updates/2012/update110 Earth Policy Release Plan B Update December 20, 2012 When most people hear the term “dust bowl,” they think of the American heartland in the 1930s, when a homesteading wheat bonanza led to the plowing up of the Great Plains’ native grassland, culminating in the greatest environmental …
The Giving Generation
By ELIE WINNINGHOFF How the new philanthropists’ intellectual capital is changing society. Unlike in days of yore, when folks waited until retirement before turning into tea-and-biscuits philanthropists, many newly wealthy Americans today are rolling up their sleeves and starting small- to medium-size charitable foundations when they are in midlife transition. …
Holiday Reading, Upcoming Webinars, and 2013 Opportunities with Clean Edge
Bring in the New Year with Unparalleled Market Insights and Branding Opportunities Looking for some good holiday reading? Want to keep track of hard-hitting and timely topics in 2013 without leaving your desk? Have some budget left in 2012 and planning for your organization’s marketing and research needs in 2013? …
THIS Will Devastate Our Economy
By Jeff Siegel | Monday, December 17th, 2012 December 22, 2012, is when it’ll go down… The Mississippi River will hit a record low-water mark and barges could be completely halted for up to two weeks, perhaps even longer. Jobs will be lost, food prices will rise. Overall, the economic …
World Nuclear Electricity Generation Down 5 Percent Since 2006
World nuclear electricity-generating capacity has been essentially flat since 2007 and is likely to fall as plants retire faster than new ones are built. In fact, the actual electricity generated at nuclear power plants fell 5 percent between 2006 and 2011. In 2011, following Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, 13 …
Global Trends 2030 report from the U.S. National Intelligence Council
Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds is the fifth installment in the National IntelligenceCouncil’s series aimed at providing a framework for thinking about the future. As with previouseditions, we hope that this report will stimulate strategic thinking by identifying critical trends andpotential discontinuities. We distinguish between megatrends, those factors that will …
How Quickly Does Aging Occur?
Predicting Ice Formation in the Arctic Training New Thinkers for a More Complex World What’s New @WFS What’s Hot in THE FUTURIST Magazine How Quickly Does Aging Occur? The “Methylome” Offers a Model Aging is an unevenly distributed process, affecting individuals differently and accelerating with disease and other stress factors. …