The 2000 year old computer

[MarillionFan]

Aye.

From horse & cart to thermonuclear weapons in a couple of generations.

I really thought that Cunning Plan was coming to fruition with that one, but you really can't rely on hu-mans to do anything properly.

Ho hum.

I suppose I'd better start fettling the Home Fusion Generator(tm, patent applied for) a bit sooner.

I'm still a bit disappointed by this whole 'space travel' lark. And how come we cannot find a better source of fuel than Oil.

The second oil runs out, somebody will come up with 'oh look an engine that runs on rainwater. That's all of you in the South of England fecked then'.

[hyperD]

Bit of a generalisation. And you need a lot of space and food to keep plenty of slaves in good enough condition to be worthwhile.

Just like acres of windfarms and their maintenance when a nice modern energy efficient CCGT would suffice.