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Where accelerating technological Development will lead us in the next 15-20 years (André Cramer)

I would like to share some of my thoughts on key developments that I believe will determine our lives in the upcoming two decades. Almost all of this is fueled by ever more accelerating technological progress and there are a lot of opportunities in it. As well as significant challenges.

Looking back at the perceived principle of the industrial age, where growth occurred or seemed to occur in a linear function, today we know about Moore’s Law. We have been able to observe it for the last 50 years where over time it became clearer that we have a doubling of computing power roughly every 1,5 years.

Now how does that apply in our everyday life? Where do we actually see that technologies get more and more “disruptive”? To show that this is not about buzzwords, here are a couple of examples for “wow” type of developments: Continue reading “Where accelerating technological Development will lead us in the next 15-20 years (André Cramer)”

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Solar was the cheapest source of electricity in 2016, and it will further undercut fossil fuels in 2017 (Michael J. Coren)

The renewable energy future will arrive when installing new solar panels is cheaper than a comparable investment in coal, natural gas or other options. If you ask the World Economic Forum (WEF), the day has arrived.

Solar and wind is now the same price or cheaper than new fossil fuel capacity in more than 30 countries, the WEF reported in December (pdf). As prices for solar and wind power continue their precipitous fall, two-thirds of all nations will reach the point known as “grid parity” within a few years, even without subsidies…

Source: Solar was the cheapest source of electricity in 2016, and it will further undercut fossil fuels in 2017 — Quartz

Cheap & Abundant Solar Energy is Coming: In the next 20 years, between 50 to 100 % of the world’s energy production could come from solar (Peter Diamandis)

Today, the global oil and natural gas industry is about a $4 trillion business. It’s big money, and in the US, 67% of the electricity generated in 2015 was from fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum).

This is about to change…

Source: Cheap and Abundant Solar Energy is Coming – Medium

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