# What will the world be like in the year 3007CE?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-world-be-like-in-the-year-3007ce/424150>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 26, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-world-be-like-in-the-year-3007ce/424150 "2007-10-26T19:38:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![ignis\_glaciesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@ignis\_glaciesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignis_glaciesque)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-world-be-like-in-the-year-3007ce/424150/61 "2007-10-30T15:26:37Z")

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[QUOTE=Epimetheus]  
…computers that run on electricity…  
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…Then what do they run on now..?

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**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-world-be-like-in-the-year-3007ce/424150/62 "2007-10-30T16:29:32Z")

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[QUOTE=ignis\_glaciesque]  
…Then what do they run on now..?  
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I meant to type alternatively generated electricity, got lost when I backspaced for some other reason or another. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![ignis\_glaciesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@ignis\_glaciesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignis_glaciesque)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-world-be-like-in-the-year-3007ce/424150/63 "2007-10-30T21:30:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Epimetheus]  
I meant to type alternatively generated electricity, got lost when I backspaced for some other reason or another. Sorry.  
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😛

Still, computers that generate electricity? That’d be cool. No more need for laptop batteries, for one. I could camp out in Starbucks all day and surf Wikipedia. So, at least for me, the future will be exactly the same as the present.

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**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-world-be-like-in-the-year-3007ce/424150/64 "2007-10-30T21:50:58Z")

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Sorry, no Starbucks in the year 3007. ☹

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2007, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-world-be-like-in-the-year-3007ce/424150/65 "2007-10-30T21:58:39Z")

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[QUOTE=Epimetheus]  
Sorry, no Starbucks in the year 3007. ☹  
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No, it will all be Taco Bell.

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**Author:** ![ignis\_glaciesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@ignis\_glaciesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignis_glaciesque)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-world-be-like-in-the-year-3007ce/424150/66 "2007-10-31T00:51:22Z")

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[QUOTE=Boyo Jim]  
No, it will all be Taco Bell.  
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I could live with that. Don’t know if my colon could, tho’…

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**Author:** ![wilcrafters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ccd318/32.png) [@wilcrafters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wilcrafters)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-world-be-like-in-the-year-3007ce/424150/67 "2007-10-31T01:32:10Z")

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[QUOTE=Tahssa]  
Except that there will be a law that every household must own at least one Bender unit.  
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\*\*_Wot, pry tell, is a Bender unit…?[/B_]

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-world-be-like-in-the-year-3007ce/424150/68 "2007-10-31T01:36:50Z")

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[QUOTE=wilcrafters]  
\*\*_Wot, pry tell, is a Bender unit…?[/B_]  
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[Futurama Character](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bender_%28Futurama%29). A type of Robot.

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