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Energy From The Air? China On the Moon? A U.S. Military Draft? Futurist Michael Zey’s 2008 Predictions
MORRISTOWN, NJ (Expansionary News Service) Dec. 29, 2007. In 2008 will energy be delivered directly to to our radios, I-Pods, even our cars? Will China begin to explore the Moon? Will the U.S. and Russia come to blows over Arctic oil or Kosovo’s independence movement?
Every year internationally-acclaimed futurist and sociologist Dr. Michael G. Zey, Ph.D, who has appeared on countless TV and radio programs and has authored several books on the future (including “Ageless Nation”), makes his predictions for the coming year and decade.
Here are some of Dr. Zey’s forecasts for 2008 (contact #: 973-879-4776.)
1. PCs continue to be replaced by a variety of hand-held devices—I-phones, Verizon’s Voyager, etc.
2. And those mobile hand-held devices, including cell phones, will be easily recharged without being plugged into the wall. Tiny packets of energy will be transmitted to your device to recharge your batteries while you are on the go. Could this have applications to cars?
3. Tension between Russia and U.S. starts to fester. Why? One factor will be disagreements over who has ultimate rights to unclaimed and undeveloped Arctic oil reserves. And unexpectedly, Kosovo drive for independence exposes major rift between Russia/Serbia and US/EU over future of the region. (Some talk of Russia using these situations to flex its growing economic and medical muscle.)
4. China and India challenge U.S. and Russia in space exploration. We might be shocked in 2008 by a China moon landing, manned or unmanned, and sigificant exploration of lunar surface.
5. Push for U.S. high-Speed Rail links that carry people 200-300 mph. This will be spurred by the increased congestion at major urban airports. First state to implement such a plan could possibly be Texas
6. Home sales pick up, spurred by bargain basement prices, glut of unsold new and older homes
7. Economy remains solid, GDP at 3% plus,--spurred by strong exports, weak dollar. But media gloom about the economy continues because of sub-prime mortgage crisis
8. Boomer retirements begin to have impact on employment picture. Companies face replacement crisis. “How do we keep our talented boomers in the workforce.”
9. Republicans win presidency if they run Guiliani-Huckabee ticket, giving Republicans first wins in Northeast states since Reagan and Bush. Huckabee keeps south in Republican fold.
10. The strength of Ron Paul in the presidential primaries portends the beginning of a strong “libertarian” and “get government off our backs” movement in the U. S. in 2008 and beyond, especially among young people.
11. The U.S. maintains a strong presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, regardless of which party wins presidency. In fact, we begin to hear that an eventual withdrawal will require a significant although “temporary” increase of U.S.-Coalition troops to insure a safe and smooth withdrawal from the region.
12. Rebirth of U.S. nuclear power industry. Oil dependency + high energy prices overwhelms any public or activist opposition to building of new nuclear plants on U.S. soil.
13. Draft/National Service—we will begin to hear more leaks and media reports about the possibility of the re-establishment of a military draft. However, it will be “back-doored” via a compulsory “national service” program. This will further accelerate activity described in Trend 10.
14. Stem Cells will begin to be applied to the reversing of human diseases and injuries either in the U.S. or globally.
15. More Americans choose Medical Tourism – traveling to other countries for medical service. Such treatment is cheaper, and in some cases actually superior to the service available in U.S.
TO INTERVIEW DR. ZEY ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND HIS FORTHCOMING BOOK “AGELESS NATION” CONTACT HIM AT 973- 879-4776 (cell) 973-538-8192, or. OR E-MAIL HIM THROUGH WWW.ZEY.COM, OR Futurist3000@gmail.com
About Michael G. Zey
Dr. Michael G Zey is the author of the just published Ageless Society (New Horizons/Kensington), the recently-published new edition of “The Future Factor: Forces Transforming Human Destiny” (Transaction Publishers; McGraw-Hill hard cover), as well as “Seizing the Future: The Dawn of the Macroindustrial Era” (Simon and Schuster, hardcover; Transaction Publishers/ Paperback) and several other books.
Dr. Michael Zey’s controversial and original views on social and techno-trends have appeared in the LA Times, Boston Globe, Worth, the Christian Science Monitor, Entrepreneur, the Sacramento Bee, The Age (Melbourne, Australia), La Liberation (Paris), Prosper, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Philadelphia Inquirer, ABCnews.com, Radio Free Europe, La Monde, and XMSatellite’’s USAToday/Newstalk station, NJ Business, as well as on WABC’s “Batchelor and Alexander Show” and Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Conversations with Tom Clark”. He has been interviewed for The Wall Street Journal Report, CNBC, CNN, The Turning Point, and the Brazilian Globotv network program “Jornal Nacional”. He has been an invited guest on FoxNews, PBS’s Nightly Business Report, and ABC’s 20/20.
Michael Zey serves as Executive Director of the Expansionary Institute (www.zey.com), is a Full Professor at Montclair State University, NJ. and consults to corporations and government agencies.
(Source: Expansionary News Service, Morristown, NJ.)
Michael G. Zey, Ph.D. (futurist3000@gmail.com)
Executive Director
Expansionary Institute
P.O. Box 431
Mount Freedom, NJ 07970
Phone : 973-879-4776
Fax : 973-540-1969
Energy From The Air? China On the Moon? A U.S. Military Draft? Futurist Michael Zey’s 2008 Predictions
MORRISTOWN, NJ (Expansionary News Service) Dec. 29, 2007. In 2008 will energy be delivered directly to to our radios, I-Pods, even our cars? Will China begin to explore the Moon? Will the U.S. and Russia come to blows over Arctic oil or Kosovo’s independence movement?
Every year internationally-acclaimed futurist and sociologist Dr. Michael G. Zey, Ph.D, who has appeared on countless TV and radio programs and has authored several books on the future (including “Ageless Nation”), makes his predictions for the coming year and decade.
Here are some of Dr. Zey’s forecasts for 2008 (contact #: 973-879-4776.)
1. PCs continue to be replaced by a variety of hand-held devices—I-phones, Verizon’s Voyager, etc.
2. And those mobile hand-held devices, including cell phones, will be easily recharged without being plugged into the wall. Tiny packets of energy will be transmitted to your device to recharge your batteries while you are on the go. Could this have applications to cars?
3. Tension between Russia and U.S. starts to fester. Why? One factor will be disagreements over who has ultimate rights to unclaimed and undeveloped Arctic oil reserves. And unexpectedly, Kosovo drive for independence exposes major rift between Russia/Serbia and US/EU over future of the region. (Some talk of Russia using these situations to flex its growing economic and medical muscle.)
4. China and India challenge U.S. and Russia in space exploration. We might be shocked in 2008 by a China moon landing, manned or unmanned, and sigificant exploration of lunar surface.
5. Push for U.S. high-Speed Rail links that carry people 200-300 mph. This will be spurred by the increased congestion at major urban airports. First state to implement such a plan could possibly be Texas
6. Home sales pick up, spurred by bargain basement prices, glut of unsold new and older homes
7. Economy remains solid, GDP at 3% plus,--spurred by strong exports, weak dollar. But media gloom about the economy continues because of sub-prime mortgage crisis
8. Boomer retirements begin to have impact on employment picture. Companies face replacement crisis. “How do we keep our talented boomers in the workforce.”
9. Republicans win presidency if they run Guiliani-Huckabee ticket, giving Republicans first wins in Northeast states since Reagan and Bush. Huckabee keeps south in Republican fold.
10. The strength of Ron Paul in the presidential primaries portends the beginning of a strong “libertarian” and “get government off our backs” movement in the U. S. in 2008 and beyond, especially among young people.
11. The U.S. maintains a strong presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, regardless of which party wins presidency. In fact, we begin to hear that an eventual withdrawal will require a significant although “temporary” increase of U.S.-Coalition troops to insure a safe and smooth withdrawal from the region.
12. Rebirth of U.S. nuclear power industry. Oil dependency + high energy prices overwhelms any public or activist opposition to building of new nuclear plants on U.S. soil.
13. Draft/National Service—we will begin to hear more leaks and media reports about the possibility of the re-establishment of a military draft. However, it will be “back-doored” via a compulsory “national service” program. This will further accelerate activity described in Trend 10.
14. Stem Cells will begin to be applied to the reversing of human diseases and injuries either in the U.S. or globally.
15. More Americans choose Medical Tourism – traveling to other countries for medical service. Such treatment is cheaper, and in some cases actually superior to the service available in U.S.
TO INTERVIEW DR. ZEY ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND HIS FORTHCOMING BOOK “AGELESS NATION” CONTACT HIM AT 973- 879-4776 (cell) 973-538-8192, or. OR E-MAIL HIM THROUGH WWW.ZEY.COM, OR Futurist3000@gmail.com
About Michael G. Zey
Dr. Michael G Zey is the author of the just published Ageless Society (New Horizons/Kensington), the recently-published new edition of “The Future Factor: Forces Transforming Human Destiny” (Transaction Publishers; McGraw-Hill hard cover), as well as “Seizing the Future: The Dawn of the Macroindustrial Era” (Simon and Schuster, hardcover; Transaction Publishers/ Paperback) and several other books.
Dr. Michael Zey’s controversial and original views on social and techno-trends have appeared in the LA Times, Boston Globe, Worth, the Christian Science Monitor, Entrepreneur, the Sacramento Bee, The Age (Melbourne, Australia), La Liberation (Paris), Prosper, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Philadelphia Inquirer, ABCnews.com, Radio Free Europe, La Monde, and XMSatellite’’s USAToday/Newstalk station, NJ Business, as well as on WABC’s “Batchelor and Alexander Show” and Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Conversations with Tom Clark”. He has been interviewed for The Wall Street Journal Report, CNBC, CNN, The Turning Point, and the Brazilian Globotv network program “Jornal Nacional”. He has been an invited guest on FoxNews, PBS’s Nightly Business Report, and ABC’s 20/20.
Michael Zey serves as Executive Director of the Expansionary Institute (www.zey.com), is a Full Professor at Montclair State University, NJ. and consults to corporations and government agencies.
(Source: Expansionary News Service, Morristown, NJ.)
Michael G. Zey, Ph.D. (futurist3000@gmail.com)
Executive Director
Expansionary Institute
P.O. Box 431
Mount Freedom, NJ 07970
Phone : 973-879-4776
Fax : 973-540-1969