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Re-generative energy technology is everywhere; it's transformative, storable, re-usable

Re-generative energy technology is everywhere; it's transformative, storable, re-usable. Most energy use is no longer based on a 'one-time' use; instead, most of the energy consumption in the world comes from re-generative devices. We will have seen a gradual but steady decline in the use of carbon and other energy sources (in which the energy source can...

Re-generative energy technology is everywhere; it's transformative, storable, re-usable. Most energy use is no longer based on a 'one-time' use; instead, most of the energy consumption in the world comes from re-generative devices. We will have seen a gradual but steady decline in the use of carbon and other energy sources (in which the energy source can only be used once, and then disappears.). There will be lots of bicycles with hydraulics that store energy while going downhill; homes that create energy from static generated from people walking on a new type of intelligent floor covering; lights that use special reflectors to re-send the beam back to an in-bulb mirror that makes just a little bit more energy. Every photon counts!
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Publish Date2014-12-28
Updated Date2026-09-18
Made Date2014-12-28
Target Date2025-12-31
Horizonlater
Outcomepartial
Confidencemedium

Jim Carroll’s 2014 prediction #10 for 2025.

Retrospective grade: Somewhat Correct.

Re-generative energy technology is everywhere; it’s transformative, storable, re-usable. Most energy use is no longer based on a ‘one-time’ use; instead, most of the energy consumption in the world comes from re-generative devices. We will have seen a gradual but steady decline in the use of carbon and other energy sources (in which the energy source can only be used once, and then disappears.). There will be lots of bicycles with hydraulics that store energy while going downhill; homes that create energy from static generated from people walking on a new type of intelligent floor covering; lights that use special reflectors to re-send the beam back to an in-bulb mirror that makes just a little bit more energy. Every photon counts!

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