The future will look like the present... but with the bad things getting worse and the good things getting to fewer and fewer people.
The dollar will be protected through energy wars to the bitter end. Nukes will be used, if necessary, but in a "limited" way.
100's of millions of poor people will die from heat, drought, flood, starvation, and disease, though the focus will be on drowning refugees and suicide attackers.
The 10% energy-haves, who use 50% of the energy, will get electric self-driving cars and batteries and such.
Corporate media propaganda will take over more and more of social media.
