RE:RE:Coattails wintersun10: I think that weed, as it is not productive for society, is just a fad. My bet is sill on VMS long term. Still, I think we should be more mindful of the following two discoveries. They will soak up as much more investment money in the future than needed for pothead habits.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. GreiderandJack W. Szostak
"for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase"
The rich are sucking up as much money as they can because they expect to live to at least 125 years following the understanding of telomerase.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2010
Andre GeimandKonstantin Novoselov
"for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene"
Ultimately I think that in the future materials used now like iron and copper may be replaced with graphene and graphene composites.