Future Timeline

joe00uk wrote: ↑Wed Jul 27, 2022 4:02 pm Ice core studies have revealed that about 8,000 years ago, during the last post-glacial climatic optimum, there was a period of about a decade when temperatures rose by 7-8 degrees C.

In this scenario, the battery volume is less than that of the existing ICE mechanical space at voyage lengths less than 1,300–2,000 km. The impacts of the battery system volume on TEU forfeiture decreases as ship capacity increases, reflecting innovations in ultra-large containership design that optimize carrying capacity and energy consumption better than feeder ships. b, The results with a battery energy density of 1,200 Wh l−1. In this near-future scenario, the net change in carrying capacity is positive for voyages of up to 2,000–5,000 km, depending on ship type.

funkervogt wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 5:37 pm Proposed prediction for the 2070s: The first healthy baby conceived synthetic human embryo (or "embryoid") is born. The event is as significant as the birth of the first "Test Tube Baby" 100 years earlier, as it allows single people to conceive children regardless of their own natural fertility status, and without need of a partner's DNA. It also inaugurates an era of unauthorized human cloning, where DNA samples of unwitting third parties are collected and then traded on black markets.

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