X-Message-Number: 27539 From: "Mark Plus" <> Subject: Why overseas cryonicists need to relocate -- NOW. Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:33:40 -0800 Fortunately Thomas Donaldson beat the fuel crunch: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2011758,00.html The Times January 27, 2006 Transport experts have seen the future, and it's got pedals By Ben Webster, Transport Correspondent THE right to travel when and where we please will be eroded over the next 50 years as the shortage of cheap oil and environmental concerns force us to lead more local lives, according to a government report. Every journey will have to be justified and face-to-face contact with colleagues, friends and relatives will increasingly become a luxury, with most meetings taking place via three-dimensional telepresencing . Foresight, the Government's science think-tank, consulted 300 transport experts when drawing up its vision of how travel will have changed by 2055. Its report concludes that the growing demand for greater personal mobility is unsustainable and based on false assumptions. Manage your risk, not your terror. Mark Plus Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=27539