The Delphi Method for envisioning the future (one of many methods)

Predictions for the next 30 years?

• shift in energy to renewable resources particularly more developed nations
• lose our dependence on foreign oil
• population will continue to grow, but growth will slow
• greener cities--changes to redcued environmental impact
• real estate on the moon, or at least inhabited bases on the moon
• different fuel for automobiles
• cell phones and laptops will be able to do more
  
• wearable computers instead of laptops--eg. integrated into eyeglasses
• voice recognition instead of typing
  
• robots that do surgery
• better treatments for cancer
• cure or vaccine for AIDS
• artificial pancreas for people with diabetes
• nanotechnology rotorooter machines to clear out your arteries
• new diseases will appear and existing diseases become resistant to standard treatments

Question 1	Opinion Scale/Likert
	Global warming will have a major impact on the United States in the next 30 years.
	Answers Percent Answered Strongly Agree 29.032% Agree 32.258% Neither Agree nor Disagree 6.452% Disagree 25.806% Strongly Disagree 6.452% Not Applicable 0% Unanswered 0%

Question 2	Opinion Scale/Likert
	There will be more use of alternatives to conventional gasoline engines
	Answers Percent Answered Strongly Agree 54.839% Agree 38.71% Neither Agree nor Disagree 3.226% Disagree 3.226% Strongly Disagree 0% Not Applicable 0% Unanswered 0%

Question 3	Opinion Scale/Likert
	There will be new energy-producing technologies in use that we haven't dreamed of yet
	Answers Percent Answered Strongly Agree 32.258% Agree 45.161% Neither Agree nor Disagree 12.903% Disagree 3.226% Strongly Disagree 6.452% Not Applicable 0% Unanswered 0%

Question 4	Opinion Scale/Likert
	We will have no choice but to shift our dependence on petroleum (oil)
	Answers Percent Answered Strongly Agree 25.806% Agree 41.935% Neither Agree nor Disagree 9.677% Disagree 19.355% Strongly Disagree 3.226% Not Applicable 0% Unanswered 0%

Question 5	Opinion Scale/Likert
	Government will provide incentives for people to develop and use alternative energy
	Answers Percent Answered Strongly Agree 16.129% Agree 61.29% Neither Agree nor Disagree 9.677% Disagree 12.903% Strongly Disagree 0% Not Applicable 0% Unanswered 0%

Question 6	Opinion Scale/Likert
	There will be a lot more use of nuclear power
	Answers Percent Answered Strongly Agree 3.226% Agree 38.71% Neither Agree nor Disagree 25.806% Disagree 22.581% Strongly Disagree 9.677% Not Applicable 0% Unanswered 0%

Question 7	Opinion Scale/Likert
	There will be a shift away from consumerism to simpler lives
	Answers Percent Answered Strongly Agree 3.226% Agree 12.903% Neither Agree nor Disagree 19.355% Disagree 48.387% Strongly Disagree 16.129% Not Applicable 0% Unanswered 0%

Question 8	Opinion Scale/Likert
	Genetic engineering will transform food and agriculture
	Answers Percent Answered Strongly Agree 16.129% Agree 51.613% Neither Agree nor Disagree 12.903% Disagree 19.355% Strongly Disagree 0% Not Applicable 0% Unanswered 0%

Question 9	Opinion Scale/Likert
	There will be a cure for cancer
	Answers Percent Answered Strongly Agree 0% Agree 25.806% Neither Agree nor Disagree 22.581% Disagree 38.71% Strongly Disagree 12.903% Not Applicable 0% Unanswered 0%

Question 10	Opinion Scale/Likert
	World population growth will be brought under control
	Answers Percent Answered Strongly Agree 3.226% Agree 22.581% Neither Agree nor Disagree 19.355% Disagree 45.161% Strongly Disagree 9.677% Not Applicable 0% Unanswered 0%