flying cars
the success of the airline industry is very sensitive to the cost of fuel. which in case you've been living in a cave for the past few years, has recently dropped back to something close to normal after an extended time in ouch! territory. not a single airline is making headlines with bankruptcy talk. huh. interesting. that hasn't always been true. i remember times when it seemed like the airlines were going in and out of chapter 11 like it was a frikken revolving door. maybe they've done that enough that they've finally figured out how to survive the bad times without sucking on the american tax payer's giant tits. i'm thinking the auto makers need some hard love too. they've got a whole lot of baggage they need to shed in order to compete. yeah, it'll be bad for some companies. but in the not-so-long run it'll be better for everyone. we'll have better products. and an entire industry that can contribute to the gdp instead of draining from it.