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PREDICTIONS – 10 Years Later - Santa Fe Institute

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9. REACHING THE CEILING EVERYWHERE<br />

Level of Saturation__<br />

<strong>10</strong>% 50% 90%<br />

Third Industrial Growth Wave<br />

Railway construction–U.S.S.R. 1928 1949 1970<br />

Growth of paved roads–United States 1921 1952 1984<br />

Substituting motor for steam ships–United Kingdom 1928 1953 1978<br />

Canal construction–U.S.S.R. (second burst) 1936 1956 1975<br />

Phasing out of steam locomotives–Germany 1950 1961 1971<br />

Phasing out of steam locomotives–Austria 1952 1961 1970<br />

Phasing out of steam locomotives–U.S.S.R. 1956 1962 1968<br />

Natural gas pipeline construction–United States 1936 1963 1990<br />

Phasing out of steam locomotive–France 1954 1963 1973<br />

Phasing out of steam locomotives–United Kingdom 1958 1965 1971<br />

Car population–United States 1942 1968 1995<br />

Jet engine performance–Worldwide 1952 1967 1982<br />

Natural gas pipeline construction–Worldwide 1948 1969 1990<br />

Passenger aircraft performance–Worldwide 1953 1970 1988<br />

Car population–Australia 1954 1970 1987<br />

Car population–Italy 1960 1971 1982<br />

Car population–world 1957 1972 1988<br />

Car population–Austria 1960 1973 1986<br />

Car population–Spain 1964 1974 1983<br />

Second wave of subway inaugurations–Worldwide 1955 1975 1995<br />

Car population–Japan 1969 1977 1986<br />

Percentage of cars with catalytic converters–United 1975 1980 1985<br />

States<br />

Personal-computer manufacturers–Worldwide 3 1972 1981 1991<br />

Personal-computer models–Worldwide 1975 1983 1991<br />

Tunneling-trough processes:<br />

Airways–United States 4 1963 2001 2039<br />

Total air traffic–Worldwide 5 1944 1994 2018<br />

Paved roads–U.S.S.R. 1949 1980 2012<br />

Computer models (excluding personal computers)– 1973 1988 2002<br />

Worldwide<br />

Computer manufacturers (excluding personal computers)–Worldwide<br />

1976 1991 2006<br />

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