If books and blueprints for advanced technology were available, I wonder what is the potential for leapfrogging technologies. So instead of burning coal to power steam factories, we could skip straight to powering electric generators via dams and turbines. Water power fortunately is not going anywhere, and provides a considerable amount of electricity.
The big issue is energy for transportation and for growing crops. I wonder what the prospects for things like switchgrass based ethanol are. I see promising news reports, but nothing has come of it yet.
The big issue is energy for transportation and for growing crops. I wonder what the prospects for things like switchgrass based ethanol are. I see promising news reports, but nothing has come of it yet.