On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 7:04 PM, Kevin O'Malley <kevmol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> One of the cool things about cold fusion in a 500 year outlook is that it > makes for a very ineffective weapon. Even fire is a more effective weapon. > Oooh... I don't know about that... You know why potatoes became a crop of choice in Europe? Because when a > king's army sieged your castle and burned your crops, there were still > potatoes in the ground that you could eat and you wouldn't starve to death. > > > Why did the Spanish overtake a continent with a few thousand men while the > Vikings were vanquished 500 years earlier? Because the Spanish had > FIREarms. They had harnessed gunpowder (for evil purposes, albeit). > It was more because they had a more effective level of military and bureaucratic organization. AND the weapons, of course. However, AND logistical support which operated at a higher level than any 'pre-Colombian' society could muster. > > > In 500 years there will be LENR cars, widespread cheap desalination, and > Cold Fusion powered spacecraft. > In 500 years -- assuming much -- people will NOT be driving cars of ANY sort. There will be appropriate levels of mass transportation. If there is some requirement for a personal vehicle, at some times -- such a vehicle will be made available, assuredly, for whatever length of time is required. 'Desalination' WILL be a moot point, in a World run on 'holistic', NON-capitalist methods But sure. Spacecraft. And Jed is *still* laffably wrong.
