Gee, you'd think SOMEONE might have jumped on this dire news and shoved it into the news cycle on tee vee by now....
This same TRENDS researcher predicted that real estate prices would stay high for 25 years.
Consider the source--it's kinda sucky. To cite from a post I posted on this forum a few days ago:
Going into the new millennium, Celente, in his book, identifies several of the major trends which he thinks will shape events:
A change in spirit, a return to an ancient ideal We are going to embrace a very difficult philosophy in the new millennium. And it's going to be built on the belief that we're not accidental glitches on an uncaring planet, and that we have a divine purpose.
Nuclear calamity Whether it happens in Russia, because of their rotting facilities throughout the former Soviet Union; whether it happens because of nuclear terrorism; or because of the mountains of nuclear problems that we have right here in the United States and around the world. So, betting on a nuclear calamity, as we say, is like betting on the favorite in a one-horse race.
An environmental age People's immune systems are going to be broken down because of the destruction of the environment....
The combination of increased fallout, more pollution, less safe food supply, new wonder bugs beating out wonder drugs is going to cause a new Black Plague, or new plagues. But, when you put together fallout, more fallout, and plagues, then you also have a real zeal and quest for health, so immune system buildup is going to be a big buzz word for the new millennium...We're going to have a lot of sickly people. By the way, this is going to address the great problem of population growth.
Trend toward health We talk about longevity centers, people are going to go on sabbaticals to learn how to take care of themselves, emotionally, physically and spiritually. We're looking at vitamin counseling becoming a profession, something that barely exists today... The other areas of growth, the biggest area in the whole fast-food area is going to be fast-food health food restaurants. Chains of places where you go to get, and we're not talking tofu hutch, you won't necessarily get soup there, you might get a chicken cutlet sandwich that comes from an organically raised free-range chicken, or a burger that was from cattle that haven't been fed hormones.
An Energy Revolution The dream of Free Energy is about to become technological reality and the single, biggest investment opportunity of the 21st century, its ramifications will extend to practically every aspect of human and planetary life.
Boomtown real estate Select commercial, residential, and retirement real estate will be on the uptrend for at least twenty-five years, buying into choice exurban and Latin American markets in the '90s will prove a sound investment strategy.
Cyber dominance America will continue to reign as the world leader in hardware and software development, this will oblige the rest of the world to communicate in cyber-English.
Technotribalism A combination of corporate downsizing, economic fallback, the home-office trend, interactive communications (especially the perfecting of the video phone), and a big push to small towns will create new postindustrial communities, visionary new social structures with shared political/economic/spiritual ideals and values.
This is a CACHED link, because for some reason, gee, this bullshit has been 'disappeared' from the web!
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:6nCHiy9cyJ0J:209.2... I just rechecked the cache--funny--it DISAPPEARED. Ain't that special!!!!
The guy is a bullshitter. IMO.