Roll Out the Hydrino Device!

Some of you may have perused this blog, seen an inordinate amount of posts concerning the neo-con death cult, religious hypocrites, political cowards, other such creatures of the crepuscular half-night and imagined that I take a somewhat... 'glass half empty' view of humanity.

Not true, my droogies.

I love humanity with its you-just-can't-make-it-up complexities and all its wonderful density. And I stand in awe of a race in which the capability to wipe ourselves clean out co-exists so plainly with the noble hope of continuous betterment.

The relentless urge to improve ourselves.

That's why I love stories about technology. Stories like this one which say things like this:

Randell Mills, a Harvard University medic who also studied electrical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, claims to have built a prototype power source that generates up to 1,000 times more heat than conventional fuel. Independent scientists claim to have verified the experiments and Dr Mills says that his company, Blacklight Power, has tens of millions of dollars in investment lined up to bring the idea to market. And he claims to be just months away from unveiling his creation.

It seems that despite breaking all the rules of quantum physics the Doctor may just nailed the big one. Fantastic! It hasn't been proved yet, but world-respected sustainable energy scientists don't say things like this for fun:

"All of us who are not quantum physicists are looking at Dr Mills's data and we find it very compelling," said Prof Maas. "Dr Booker and I have both put our professional reputations on the line as far as that goes."

So roll out the Hydrino device! Let's beta test that mother till we're blue in the face - and see where we are then. And then there are stories like this, which also have an uncanny way of making me feel all soft and fuzzy inside like lots of kittens playing together in one giant cute machine. China has hired Britain's biggest architecture firm to design 5 brand new cities - each one three quarters the size of Manhattan - which will be entirely self-sustaining:

The Dongtan development, on an island in the mouth of the Yangtze river near Shanghai, aims to build a city three-quarters the size of Manhattan by 2040. The first phase will accommodate some 50,000 people. It is on target to be open by the time of the Shanghai Expo trade fair in 2010.

Up to four more eco-cities will be built, though exact locations have not yet been revealed. Experts believe that the real challenge will be to build them in China's interior, in regions that have been polluted by heavy industry and depopulated by the movement of millions of Chinese people to the booming Pacific coast.

Head said: 'It is part of a new awareness of the environment by the Chinese government. They realise that with their growing population and economy they have to overcome the problems of environmental pollution and resource depletion.'

The eco-cities are intended to be self-sufficient in energy, water and most food products, with the aim of zero emissions of greenhouse gases in transport systems.

Head said: 'It is no gimmick. It is being led at the highest levels of the Chinese government. They are very committed to developing a new paradigm of economic development.'

This is the future, my friends - and we all have the capability to make it happen... We just have to stop the theo-cons and their Islamopsycho bed-mates from calling down the rapture first.

See, I just couldn't let it lie.