There will be a new surge in private capital investment into clean energy, in spite of the lingering Recession in the United States. We should see this emerge sometime in 2010.

Developed and emerging nations will compete to create greener economies much like they competed for space faring dominance from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Even as hybrid and electric cars continue to proliferate, cities and nations will encourage the creation of greener transportation modes called “smart mobility”, which may involve issuing grants to private companies to develop city-wide, state-wide, and even nation-wide magneto rail and monorail systems.

Water-cleaning and conserving technologies will explode onto the scene as clean water supplies continue to be squeezed. Companies that successfully create more clean water for people will make their investors very, very rich.

Lithium will be the “new oil”.

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ICT (intelligent, clean technology) software and systems development will supplant solar power development as the most-invested-in green technology.

Marketing firms who take on green technology companies as clients will see their profits soar as green tech competition gets really hot.

Aqua-farming, creating clean energy from waste materials, and geothermal energy development will all see heavy private investment.

Conservatives will take back a great deal of power in the United States and start putting an end to man-made climate change rubbish as people become outraged at the Liberal decimation of the greatest economy and the most charitable people on the planet.