The third industrial revolution

The first industrial revolution was ushered in by the steam engine and the second by the computer. The third, says Stine in this optimistic look into the future, has already started by man's first halting steps into space...the next century or two will see all of earth's industry moved into space, where it can pollute to its heart's content, and earth will once again become the green paradise it was 100,000 years ago. And this will be accomplished not by lifting industry from our planet, but by utilizing the resources elsewhere in our solar system. Raw materials will come from the other planets, energy will be derived from the sun... (Publishers Weekly)