In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:42:26 -0400: Hi, [snip] >Anyway, Robin van Spaandonk wrote: > >> >Hal Fox thought that cold fusion would bring about so many new >> >technologies that overall it would expand employment . . . >> >>Cheap energy => cheap recycling >> " ?=> cheap water ?=> more agriculture >> " => cheaper transportation => lowers cost of everything >> >>...so look for more jobs in every field, but especially in recycling and >>agriculture. > >Yeah, those are some of the things I covered in >my book. No doubt cheap energy will spur the >development of new fields and some increase in >employment. But I do not think it is a foregone >conclusion that the jobs created will outnumber >those that are lost.
I agree with most of what you say. I actually meant that jobs would go up in the short term. In the long term people will have more flexibility in how long they work to earn a crust. e.g. I only work mornings now, yet I still earn enough to live reasonably comfortably, and even save (a little). Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
