[quote=The Nexerus]
Nanotechnology, fusion power and solar panels as far as the eye can see. Sounds like a wonderful future.
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We should shove towards a space race for the asteroid belt (there's enough resources in there to last us pretty much indefinitely and we can throw them into Earth's orbit then drop them down onto the planet for quintessentially limitless gathering with minimal effort) and a fully automated economy while we're at it.

Because at that point, we can do whatever we like and things will be fine. We'll have solved the two most pressing issues for a functional socialism.

...It's getting there that's going to be the pain in the ass. :lol Until then, capitalism and science, all the way, and in the near future, that includes oil. A lot of oil. Even if we don't use it in power, we'll still use it for plastics. [b]All the plastics[/b].