Well, lloydbird honey, I don’t know how much of a future we have since I’m a happily married woman . . . Oh, wait, us? Humanity? I think the future looks bright. While I don’t think the economic recovery will move very quickly or will reach down to the masses as soon as I would like, I think it will happen. As for long term, while I have concerns about people cutting themselves off from real life though technology, when it comes right down to it, there are signs that people see the importance of saving our planet and its resources. Fluther gives me hope, especially the posts of the young people.