16-06-2013, 03:14 PM
I don't think most sci-fi writers envisioned technology ever becoming so small, cheap and plentiful. Orwell's 1984 is a clunky low-tech world compared to what's happening now.
The only thing that will stop this trend is a collapse of the system, which is one reason they're so desperate to push fracking and tar sands and other means of producing unconventional fossil fuels. Conventional crude oil production peaked during the last decade, and the elites know (even if the public doesn't) that fossil fuels are still the lifeblood of the whole thing. Even the alternate energy sources (nuclear, wind, solar, ethanol) all depend heavily on fossil fuels to keep them viable.
The only thing that will stop this trend is a collapse of the system, which is one reason they're so desperate to push fracking and tar sands and other means of producing unconventional fossil fuels. Conventional crude oil production peaked during the last decade, and the elites know (even if the public doesn't) that fossil fuels are still the lifeblood of the whole thing. Even the alternate energy sources (nuclear, wind, solar, ethanol) all depend heavily on fossil fuels to keep them viable.