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1985 — World oil production will fall below world needs
1990 — North America will no longer be a reliable source for food export
1995 — The nations of the world will meet (unwillingly) in a Global Congress to tackle seriously the problems of population, food, and energy.
2000 — Under global sponsorship, the construction of solar power stations in orbit about the earth will have begun.
2005 — A mining station will be in operation on the moon.
2010 — World population will have peaked at something like 7 billion.
2015 — The dismantling of the military machines of the world will have made international war impractical.
2020– The flow of energy from solar-power space stations will have begun. Nuclear fusion stations will be under construction.
2025 — The Global Congress will be recognized as a permanent institution. The improvement in communications will have developed a world “lingua franca,” which will be taught in schools.
2030 — The use of microcomputers and electronic computers will have revolutionized education, produced a global village, and prepared humanity for the thorough exploration of the solar system and the plans for eventual moves toward the stars.
Two of those are really good! They are from The Book of Predictions, by David Wallechinsky, Amy Wallace, and Irving Wallace.
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