Community participant predictions

June 30, 2030

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Somerville is totally gentrified. All the Victorian houses have been snapped up and renovated. Somerville is completely unaffordable for most.
(source: Jessica Straus. To see all of her predictions, click here.)

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The new Green Line extension through Somerville has the following daily boardings, per station:
- Lechmere 11,100
- Brickbottom 2,840
- Gilman Square 4,520
- Lowell Street 1,260
- Ball Square 1,890
- College Avenue 2,100
- Mystic Valley Parkway/Route 16 2,000
- Union Square 2,310
(source: MBTA, "Green Line Extension Project fact sheet, Winter 2009")

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There is a 50 percent increase in world energy demand, compare to 2005 levels, according to U.S. Department of Energy. All new federal buildings are carbon-neutral, as stated in the 2007 Energy Act. 70 percent of Hawaii's energy comes from renewables, thanks in part to a ban on new coal plants. One-fifth of U.S. power comes from wind, the DOE predicts. One-fourth of U.S. workers wear a green collar, according to the American Solar Energy Society. There are 20 million new jobs created by renewable industry.
(source: Schirber, "Power of the future: a timeline to energy independence" in LiveScience)

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India surpasses China in population
(source: "Global catastrophes and trends: the next 50 years")

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Available knowledge now doubles every 72 days. The US's debt has become insurmountable. Most print media has been replaced by electronic media. All art uses media.
(source: Attali, "A brief history of the future: a brave and controversial look at the twenty-first century")