For example, are we heading towards another decline in our population since our energy supplies are not quite as abundent as they were at the beginning of the 19th century? Did our predecessors simply run out of time to replace their sources of energy with nuclear fusion power stations before their supplies of fossil fuels ran out?
When I speak of predecessors I mean those civilisations, which were meant to have existed prior to the Ancient Greeks and the Egyptians, and who are meant to have been as advanced (or almost as advanced) as we are today.
I read in the news today that a proposal for a fusion-powered nuclear reactor has been made and the proposed location of this facility, which would convert seawater into fuel, is Cadarache in France. However this power station may not be completed until 2040 at the earliest. It has been predicted that we have enough fossil fuels to last us for only the next 2 decades. Perhaps our predecessors had similar problems as we face today?
2006-11-22
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