Wikistrat starting a new internal sim: Who Smuggles What in 2050?
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 12:02AM
Thomas P.M. Barnett in Wikistrat

See below for slick fire-them-up video for the community.

Idea began when I read NYT front-pager on how big a criminal network has arisen around banned refrigeration/air-conditioning coolants (what we used to call freon for the most part).  Goes back a couple of decades to a global enviro treaty (remember the ozone layer flap?), and I remember thinking back then, "Wow, someday this stuff is going to be smuggled just like pot!"  Well, it certainly is today.

So that got me thinking: if we jump ahead to 2050, what surprising things might be smuggle-able in that time frame?  You know, besides Soylent Green.

Should be a fun one, and if this sort of thing intrigues, you should consider joining the community.  

2012 has been the big train-up for 2013, when the client load is going to bulge in a big, big way.  So it's a good time to get in on the ground floor. That way you can say you joined before the thing went crazy big.

It's fun to be part of a revolution.

Article originally appeared on Thomas P.M. Barnett (https://thomaspmbarnett.com/).
See website for complete article licensing information.