A Brief History of the Future: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-First Century

Posted by Matt in February 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Conflict, general, Australia Canada, Brief History, Carbon Dioxide In The Atmosphere, Centric World, Demographic Factors, Droughts, History Of The Future, Indonesia Korea, Massive Immigration, Nation States, Nomads, Rare Resource, Regional Powers, Retirements, Ruling Class, Sedentary Life, Southern Countries, Technological Factors, Urbanization, World Population

Fall of the US empire
The prospective part begins at the third chapter, which predicts the fall of the US Empire before the end of the ninth form of capitalism, estimated to take place around 2035.
It would be followed by a poly-centric world, with nine dominating nations on all continents: the USA, Brazil, Mexico, China, India, [...]

State of the World’s Future

Posted by Matt in August 18th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Demographics, Energy, Water, general, Armed Conflict, Cereal, Energy Prices, Financial Crisis, Food Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Global Prospects, Great Depression, Half The World, High Energy, Larry Edelson, Lows, Mortgage Defaults, Root Cause, Social Instability, State Governments, Term Rally, Walk In The Park, War On Terrorism, Water Pollution, World Population, World Wide War

by Larry EdelsonI’ll discuss the state of the markets shortly. First, I’d like to discuss the state of the world’s future.
According to a long-term study just released by the U.S. Naval Services Department, a series of tipping points could dramatically alter the global prospects for economic growth and humanity — for the worse.
Right now, for [...]

There Will Be Water

Posted by Matt in June 14th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Water, 100 Million, Blue Gold, climate change, Control, Decades, Drought, Economic Cooperation, Gathering Speed, Groundwater, Half Of The World, New Oil, Rush, Scarce Resource, T Boone Pickens, Urban Areas, Water Resources, Water Stress, World Population, World S Population

T. Boone Pickens thinks water is the new oil—and he’s betting $100 million that he’s right.
In the coming decades, as growing numbers of people live in urban areas and climate change makes some regions much more prone to drought, water—or what many are calling “blue gold”—will become an increasingly scarce resource. By 2030 nearly half [...]

The ABCs of Global Power

Posted by Matt in April 4th, 2008 | 4 comments

Published in China, Russia, U.S., Advanced Weapons, Air Forces, Domination, Financial Crash, Global Power, Nuclear Arsenals, World Population

Russia and the United States have the worldâ€™s largest nuclear arsenals. Both countries have powerful armies, fleets and air forces. The same can be said for China, as well, which stands as the worldâ€™s third most powerful country. The three countries are large, in land area and population. Together they possess a quarter of the [...]