Global Financial Crisis

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Just hope that somehow the financial and economic markets pick up, but honestly I dont see it happening soon. And they havnt really begun to start tackling the issue of climate change, which in the long term is even worse than any global market meltdown ever will be

Yes they have. They're building the electric grid for a start.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17912_3-10073799-72.html
http://www.betterplace.com/australia

And they're apparently researching some sort of special algae/biofuel for airplanes.

Then you have the total F-nuts that are greenpeace:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10...greenpeace_no/

The only thing that is standing in the way of us (Australia), owning the world of the future is ignorance and politicans. Of course I mean uranium.