[ExI] Michio Kaku makes 3 predictions about the future

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat
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>> OK then.  We can play that game, and make a ton of money at the same time.  There is no need to protest the game really, for humanity needs energy, so we must play the energy game and we must deal with the consequences.  From what I can see, the Chinese are in the best place to do that, because they do things like that: buy African territory, defend the hell out of it and build mega-projects on the area they bought.  India also has developing nation status and also has long-range vision.
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>> spike
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>...One big problem with that is that it is the same mistake that Europe made when they made themselves dependent on cheap oil and natural gas from Russia. Russia can shut down Europe if they get really upset.

>....Now you suggest that China should have control of the tap to turn off a huge solar power complex in the Sahara?  No way, Hosay, - as you
would say!   :)


>...BillK

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BillK, note that I never used the word "should" anywhere in my prediction.  The appropriate word is "will."  Developing nations are immune from should, and are all about will.  They get to do whatever they want.  Once identified as a developing nation, there is no known procedure for declaring them developed regardless of how prosperous, and no known procedure for developed nations to revert back to developing, regardless of how impoverished they become.

There is no stopping China at this point.  They will colonize the hell outta Africa and they will build stuff like the project I word-sketched.  India will be right behind them.

spike