Introduction
It is not easy for many people to imagine how America is going to be in 50 years time. What it takes is for an imaginative mind to construct innovations and improvements expected to take place within this time to create an outstanding America (Miller, 2008). Fresh energy options, improvement in transport, breakthrough in medicine, and increased productivity of American people are among the few areas I expect America to have improved within the next 50 years.
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It is possible that in a period of 50 years enough energy alternatives will exist in America. To achieve this, America will completely have to change its infrastructure in all federal states. To have an enhanced shore line, there will be a need to change the water’s edge and create a distinctive boundary. This idea will only be realized after the many states in the country have been sub divided into eco-districts. Such districts will use different types of technologies to capture substantial measures of energy while those near water would tap energy from tides. Districts located in mountainous and raised areas will erect turbine machines to generate electric power from forceful thrust of water flowing through them. States enjoying good access to sunlight will exploit solar panels and tap solar energy. Because of the enormous viability for space travel in the country, America will turn to capture minerals from asteroids because of the possibility of manufacturing solar cells from lunar regolith. Lunar regolith refers to dust found on the moon and collects energy on a 24/7 basis and sunbeam it down on earth. This will be an achievement as the country will not have to depend on fossil fuels.
America is expected to have improved its transport system in the road and air sectors by 2062. Existing complicated car corridors will be reduced because of driverless cars moving on roads. Americans will enjoy the possibility of driving their cars to any place and later send the car back home to their partners or even drive their children to parties without the need for them to be there. Promising discovery in air travel at the moment lies with electric power. Once the difficulty of energy density in batteries has been resolved and light batteries which have a similar power capability to fossil fuel have been developed then the possibility for electric flights will be a reality. Americans will enjoy the use of fields called pocket airports. This refers to airports that will be stationed around residential houses. The advantage of such airports will be that no giant jets will be seen flying in and out or polluting the immediate environment. It will be easy for anyone to get into a silent electric-powered aircraft having vertical takeoff abilities, and easy single-lever power gearshifts and fly. Presently NASA has already developed a computer simulation that is battery operated and single controlled aircraft. It is exciting to know that it could really shift the manner in which we think about going around our planet.
Another highlight by 2062 concerns finding a breakthrough in medicine. This may be termed 4p, for predictive, preventive, personalized, and participatory. Within the next 50 years, each human being’s genome will be chained. This means that at birth medical professionals will study individuals’ genomes, make predictions about areas such people could experience disease complications, and recommend matchless health plans for each person. In addition, America shall devise a handheld gadget that with a simple piece of one’s finger shall calculate thousands of blood proteins, study all major organs of the human system, and assess whether one is unhealthy or not or if one is making a switch into a certain disease. There will be a possibility for Americans to monitor their health by making use of improved medical technology to monitor the state of their health always. People will respond quickly to feedback and fight diseases at start-up stages instead of allowing the effects of diseases to become full-blown.
Because of the above innovation in the medical field, people will remain productive and physically fit for a long time until they finally die. I foresee a future where Americans who are in their 80s and 90s shall remain mentally alert, clever, and a hard-working population. If such a thing happens, it will lead to incredible effects for society and Americans will be forced to think again about retirement. This is because people will begin to enjoy doing what they do and may not be willing to retire early in life.
Conclusion
All the above assertions for a better America are not baseless ideas but information that should be looked into to better those areas. There is great technological advancement and zeal for change in America. I, therefore, expect all these developments to materialize by 2062. America will be sophisticated and each citizen will enjoy the benefits of innovation. Life will be easy due to the automation of processes both at home and at work. The only fear will be that the idea of humanity will slowly lose meaning.
Works Cited
Miller, David. The Sustainable Country. New York: Arnold A. Knopf, 2008. Print.