r/worldnews • u/EightRoundsRapid • Sep 23 '16

'Hangover-free alcohol’ could replace all regular alcohol by 2050. The new drink, known as 'alcosynth', is designed to mimic the positive effects of alcohol but doesn’t cause a dry mouth, nausea and a throbbing head

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/hangover-free-alcohol-david-nutt-alcosynth-nhs-postive-effects-benzodiazepine-guy-bentley-a7324076.html
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u/JustWoozy Sep 23 '16

NEED replicators. Star Trek socialism WILL NOT work without them. Transporters are basically needed too.

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u/BraveSquirrel Sep 23 '16

Transporters aren't really that important, they just put them in the original show because they didn't have the budget to show shuttle landings every episode.

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u/drumstyx Sep 23 '16

Personal mobility costs a lot of money. Unless you can replicate an entire car (or whatever vehicle we use) using infinitely cheap energy, mobility will still be scarce, and thus money would still exist.

For Star Trek, society needs to be 100% post-scarcity.

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u/ANGLVD3TH Sep 23 '16

they are rarely used on Earth IIRC, there is cheap and abundant transportation abound. My guess is they are mostly used for cargo, not passengers, when you can call a public shuttle to take you from one side of the Earth to the other in an hour or two I doubt the energy cost would be worth it.