tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post871995846988295147..comments2023-11-03T04:29:29.498-04:00Comments on Paleo-Future: Progress to Counter Catastrophe Theory? (1975)Matt Novakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09360406896692501416noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-61375754726522788432007-09-10T22:42:00.000-04:002007-09-10T22:42:00.000-04:00Got one partially right: here in Vancouver, Canada...Got one partially right: here in Vancouver, Canada we got an automated rail system (mix of elevated & underground) in the mid 80s. Was it economically feasible at that point? Who knows what that means when government money is involved, but it probably was. The control system always used relatively standard PC servers I think, and could probably run on a cell phone today.<BR/><BR/>The train control systems are made by a division of Alcatel, one with an office here in Vancouver where they do at least some of the development. They've since installed similar systems in the far east, London, and Las Vegas. Ah, wikipedia says teh system is called SelTrac and has a page dedicated to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-46363345021946165652007-09-03T22:04:00.000-04:002007-09-03T22:04:00.000-04:00Oil is always ready to run out, but nobody ever do...Oil is always ready to run out, but nobody ever does anything about it. Like mass producing fuel efficient/electric cars. So what does that tell you? Yes, oil is not anywhere near running out. Now, the polar ice caps might be another story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-46999962329276113002007-09-01T04:41:00.000-04:002007-09-01T04:41:00.000-04:00I think these predictions were made in the shadow ...I think these predictions were made in the shadow of the 1970's oil shocks. It was pretty much taken as fact that oil was on the brink of running out. <BR/>If oil had run out as they said, then yep, we'd probably be driving around in electric cars.<BR/>As it turned out, there was no pressing need to shift to a new auto technology.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948691309803183782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-80384465069387093702007-08-31T02:07:00.000-04:002007-08-31T02:07:00.000-04:00My favorite line from the image of the full articl...My favorite line from the image of the full article:<BR/><BR/><I>... another host of trends expected to improve the quality of lie in the 21st Century. </I><BR/><BR/>Now that's what I call a prediction!Mr. Cavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634994342702518448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3904461976821332291.post-60581986939724493602007-08-29T21:21:00.000-04:002007-08-29T21:21:00.000-04:00Daft punters! Doesn't anyone ever take into accou...Daft punters! Doesn't anyone ever take into account market forces, ie. the evil oil and drug industries?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com