Many magazines including Time and Popular Science list their choices of the best innovations for the year. Time Magazine has just released theirs. Whilst many of them may be classified as innovative none will significantly improve the lives of the majority on earth. None are particularly earth-shattering nor do many inspire my imagination. My list of breakthroughs and innovations for 2016 is not a prophesy but rather a wish-list. Instead they should be transformative second order changes. This blog deals with the intractable problem of non-polluting power.

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