The new economy will be based on indirect and direct nuclear energy for two reasons: Environment and availability. Environment because of the CO2 emissions and plastic waste. Availability because we already burned most of the easy accessible petroleum and extracting new resources it is getting more difficult and less economical. Direct nuclear energy is harvested from nuclear fission or fusion . Indirect nuclear energy is solar, wind or geothermal energy . Nuclear energy (direct and indirect) is available in abundance, once we have the technology to harvest it. I believe by 2030 humanity will be converting old coal burning electricity plants into geothermal (by means of plasma deep drilling )or thorium molten salt nuclear plants. And be off grid for light and data by means of solar and batteries. This scenario will change the global economy in a real global economy. The geopolitical component related to petroleum will disappear. Power literary will be more equal distributed over the ...