In a message dated 12/16/00 5:57:44 AM Pacific Standard Time, asa@nada.kth.se
writes:<< I'm having a discussion here with my friends on the power needs of a
really wired society. So what does the list think about the likely power
needs when everybody got their own wearable/smart cellphone on all the time,
ubiquitious computing is in every corner, wireless internet in the air and
bluetooth (or similar) devices everywhere? >>
Anders,
In the mid 70s a fellow named Herman Kahn, at the Hudson Institute, did a
book called THE NEXT TWO HUNDRED YEARS, or at least I think that is right.
You might take a look at that. I would think copies are still laying around
in libraries and it might even be in print.
Herman Kahn did a lot of extrapolating of population, power needs, fuel
needs & sources as well as food production. I would think he might make a
great starting point.
Ron h.
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