America Beyond 2001
America Beyond 2001 | The Future Looks Dim for Alternative Fuels
The year is 2006, and California commuters have come a long way toward weaning themselves from gasoline dependency. Huge oceangoing methanol tankers are anchored off San Diego; compressors run in neighborhood garages pressurizing cylinders storing compressed natural gas (CNG); and on a quiet night you can hear the steady buzz of batteries recharging in the distance. A quarter of the cars in California are running on something other than gasoline, still the most popular motor fuel. In fact, the main reason you bought your alternative-fuel commuter car was to get past the checkpoints into...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Technology Will Strengthen the Traditional Family
- The Traditional Family Will Be Less Prevalent
- A Vision of Revitalized Education
- A Vision of Declining Education
- Immigrants Will Strengthen America’s Future
- Immigrants Will Weaken America’s Future
- The Aging of America: Alternative Visions
- Ethics for the Twenty-First Century
- Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 Preface
- The Global Economy Is Real
- The Global Economy Is Largely Myth
- America Needs an Industrial Policy
- America Does Not Need an Industrial Policy
- America’s Economy May Become Intensely Regulated
- Economic Scenarios: From Boom to Collapse
- Entitlement Programs Are Sustainable
- Entitlement Programs Are Not Sustainable
- Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
- Chapter 5 Preface
- Technology Can Secure America’s Future
- Technology Can Be Damaging
- Information Technology Is Revolutionary
- Information Technology Is Not Revolutionary
- Technology Rapidly Changes Society
- Technology Slowly Changes Society
- Information Technology Workers, 2010
- Information Technology Criminals, 2010
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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