A skill set that the glass production industry's provide chain needs to derive is a farmer's instinct where one is able to detach the wheat from the chaff when evaluating the feasibility and viability of new goods offerings.
Make no mistake about it; there will be an opportunistic and very profitable cadre of products for the astute customer. It will be up to each individual enterprise to conclude whether the new technology contribution is a lemon or lemonade. This may be difficult because the future will not be an extrapolation of the past; nor will there be a clear line of demarcation. Trends will emerge from discrete parts of the globe as well as across manufactures migration. Since these new products and new markets will emerge at distinct "clock speeds" in each region of a country as well as the world, a global foresight and awareness enhances and secures contentious advantage.
While every person would like to be on the foremost edge of this movement, there is the caveat of being too early and falling on the bleeding edge. There will be the tendency to over-hype new offerings with fuzzy jargons. This leaves the trade open for wild claims and illusions. It won't take many failures or false starts to badly damage the image and credit to our extremely descriptive industry.
To cite a modern example, consider when segments of this manufactures introduced a new product. In hindsight, was it no maintenance glass, low maintenance, easier to clean, only works with distilled water, or when the sun is shining. The gap in the middle of what was promised and what is delivered defines not just a company's credibility but also that of the entire industry. On the other hand, when great products are advanced - and delivered in a timely manner to the marketplace--a great brand is created and a credit generated that makes the next generation of goods easier to bring to market.
While glass has been extremely coveted for truly thousands of years, in a technological sense, this millennium will mark the renaissance of a new and distinct "glass age."
As an example, it's clear that the western economic model of fossil fuel based throwaway cheaper is not viable for the world. A new economic paradigm will be powered by renewable sources of energy and will recycle materials comprehensively. No sector of the global cheaper will be untouched by this environmental revolution. Already in some stock exchanges there are "green futures." In this new economy, fellowships will be winners or losers. Those who share in building the new cheaper will be the winners. Those who cling to the past risk becoming part of it.
The key to building a global cheaper for sustained economic develop is the creation of an honest marker to tell the ecological truth so that the market can allocate resources with total cost efficiencies. A properly defined green ideology will transcend politics -- it will mobilize liberals, conservatives, businesses, and environmentalists on a base agenda.
One possible case in point is the pilot agenda proposed by the Clinton Foundation. As part of the organization, former U.S President Bill Clinton has created a coalition of 16 of the world's biggest cities and five banks with a pledge is of up to billion in loans to upgrade energy laberious heating, cooling, and lighting systems in older buildings. Four international energy aid fellowships would warrant and warrant a 20 to 50 percent discount in energy costs to pay back the loans with the accrued savings. In expanding to rescue money, it will make money, and originate jobs while favorably affecting atmosphere change.
Politically this agenda would not be a millstone on economies of rich nor developing countries while shrinking the world's carbon footprint with a pro-growth policy. While atmosphere turn is a global predicament, it requires local activity to make a real difference. Finally this would help redesign the materials segment of the cheaper so that mother Nature is compatible with Father Greed since the throwaway cheaper will be but a passing aberration.
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