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FUTURIST MAGAZINE
HIGHLIGHTS
POLICING, HYDROGEN, DEATH
BETHESDA, MD —In a world running short of oil, hydrogen may be the
only option for energy. How the transition to a hydrogen economy will take place is just
one story featured in the latest issue of THE FUTURIST magazine.
The March-April 2005 issue also explores some options to make death less
frightening, as well as the challenges faced by law enforcement officers in the wake of
terrorism and new technologies. Also included: the first of a two-part series on
wide-ranging trends in the economy, the environment, and society that are shaping the
future.
Here are the stories featured in the latest FUTURIST.
COVER STORY — Policing the Future: Law Enforcement’s
New Challenges
Experts from Police Futurists International pool their knowledge and
debate the future of law enforcement in the wake of terrorism and new technologies. Gene
Stephens, criminal justice editor of THE FUTURIST, leads the discussion, addressing such
issues as safety vs. civil liberties, changes in policing in the next five years,
education, and community building.
Trends Now Shaping the Future
The first of a two-part series. Trend analyst Marvin Cetron and science
writer Owen Davies look at the most important trends in economics, demography, values and
lifestyles, energy, and the environment. Among their forecasts: the growth of information
industries is creating a knowledge-dependent global society; water shortages will continue
to be a worldwide problem; and the developed world’s economy will continue to grow
for at least the next five years.
Hydrogen and the New Energy Economy: Why We Need an Apollo Mission
for Clean Energy
Freeing the world economy from its dependence on oil will require
mobilization on the scale of the Manhattan Project or NASA’s Apollo Program. Energy
researchers Julian Gresser and James A. Cusumano discuss the important advantages of
switching to a whole new economy based on hydrogen, including hydrogen’s potential
for driving global growth and prosperity. This article includes a three-phase proposal to
launch the hydrogen economy in the United States by 2020.
Are Electric Utilities Obsolete?
As new hydrogen technologies empower individual households and
businesses, electric utilities may find themselves scrambling for customers. Author Wayne
A. English, a 30-year expert in electricity and nuclear technology, suggests this will be
the end of electric utilities as we know them as they compete with new innovations based
in hydrogen.
Finding Better Ways to Die
FUTURIST research director Lane Jennings looks at the various ways
society deals with death, including traditional methods of burial and cremation and such
futuristic options as cryonic suspension, gene replacement, and augmentation therapies. He
suggests getting over the fear of dying through "statutory death," whereby
individuals choose to live in a physically passive, mentally aware state in their own
version of heaven.
THE FUTURIST, published bimonthly, highlights forecasts, trends, and
ideas about the future by experts and trend-watchers around the world. Regular features
include world trends and forecasts in technology, economics, government, demography, and
the environment.
Pick up the March-April 2005 issue of THE FUTURIST for $4.95 at
bookstores and newsstands, or write the World Future Society, 7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite
450, Bethesda, MD 20814.
EDITORS: For more information, contact Clifton Coles at 301/656-8274; fax 301/951-0394;
e-mail ccoles@wfs.org.
1-27-05
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