The Long View- The REALLY Long View…
September 24, 2012
Earth surface temperature given steady 2.3% energy growth, assuming some source other than sunlight is employed to provide our energy needs and that its use transpires on the surface of the planet. (Credit: Tom Murphy)
Lt Col Peter Garretson — one of the USAF’s most farsighted and original thinkers — has been at the forefront of USAF strategy on the long-term future in projects such as Blue Horizons, Energy Horizons, Space Solar Power, the AF Futures Game, the USAF Strategic Environmental Assessment, and the USAF RPA Flight Plan. Lt Col Garretson argues that “What our civilization needs is a billion-year plan.”
