Life in 2050 Within the next 40 years‚ most people believe‚ the world will get the bulk of its energy from sources other than oil. Computers will converse like people. Cancer will be cured‚ and artificial limbs will outperform natural ones. Astronauts will land on Mars‚ and ordinary people will travel in space. There are all sorts of expectations for all kinds of fields and we know one thing for sure‚ that there will be some changes. There are changes that won’t matter as much‚ but there are
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We are on the threshold of a new era. Our planet’s climate is at risk. The century of oil is coming to an end‚ and the world’s energy supply must be put on a new and sustainable foundation. In 2050 the number of people living in cities will be almost as large as the world’s entire population today — and for the first time in history‚ there will be more senior citizens than children and young people. That’s why researchers‚ inventors‚ and engineers must be more creative today than ever
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Fossil motor fuels around 2050 Kjell Aleklett Global Energy Systems‚ Uppsala University‚ Sweden Abstract of paper to be presented at theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences international energy symposium‚ Energy2050‚ to be held on 19-20 October 2009 Fossil fuels are finite resources. In various regions of the world we see that production reached a maximum and then declined. Just now we consume around 85 million barrels of oil per day (mb/d) or 31 billion barrels per year. If we compare this with
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World in 2050: World in 2050 will be inhabited by almost 9 billion and has to be made sustainable for the survival of this population. In one of the reports given by WBCSD‚ if current population maintains its rate of consumption and waste creation‚ it will need 2.3 earths to survive in 2050. For the individuals‚ businesses‚ nations and the world of 2050 the new definition of growth will be singular and that is of societal growth and sustainability. Sustainability‚ eco-friendliness‚ recyclability
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The Year 2050 A deserted island under the shadow of solitude. It is as if it has been paralysed in time. There is no sense of movement and the deafening silence lays heavily upon the surroundings‚ exerting pressure on the few creatures that remain alive. The wails of the mourning land and the faint whistle of the wind combine and predominate the atmosphere. The atmosphere is claustrophobic. The cloud of intense humidity wraps around the few remaining palm trees and they in turn hang their naked
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magazine Big Think asked top minds from a variety of fields to weigh in on what we might expect our world to be like 40 years from now. The result is our latest special series‚ Life in 2050. Demographic changes will certainly be dramatic. Rockefeller University mathematical biologist Joel Cohen says it’s likely that by 2050 the majority of the people in the world will live in urban areas‚ and will have a significantly higher average age than people today. In the U.S.‚ cities theorist Richard Florida
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2010-2014 SEMESTER :: 5th NAME OF STUDENT :: Almas Shabbir. ROLL NUMBER :: 16 (Evening). SUBMITTED TO :: Prof. Kashif Ali Abbas. “The year 2050” In the last fifty years the world has undergone a great deal of transformation. There has been incredible progress in almost all spheres of life. The vistas of knowledge and advancement have grown beyond human imagination. What has been witnessed
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Jian Feng Chen Art 2050 Contrast is size If forms have a high contrast in size‚ it would capture the attention of the reader. This contrast is highly effective when type is set in the same style. It maintains the exact relationship of the letter to the background. It is only a physical enlargement of the basic pattern created by the form and the weight of the type being used for the text. Contrast is of weight This contrast refers to how bold type compares with lighter type. The differences in
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world’s reserves of oil‚ the US consumes 25% of global oil production at a cost of $150bn per year. Of this‚ 70% is in the form of gasoline (petroleum) or diesel fuel for transport use. Given the finite supply of oil‚ this cannot go on. Certainly‚ by 2050‚ competition for oil supplies will be frantic. Eventually‚ the US will have to make a transition away from oil: it is just a question of when‚ what to use instead‚ and how much disruption the move will cause. According to the Natural Resources
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Heading for 2050 We’ve all had at least once in life thought that we wonder how the future will look like? How will we be over 40 years? How will our planet look like? Or just how it will be tomorrow? These are questions which‚ in my opinion‚ we grind every day. Futurologists prepare us for what seems to be 2050‚ saying it would be totally different in all fields‚ from entertainment to technology‚ what we find at the moment on our planet. First‚ classic TV channels through completely
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