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My prediction is different from that. If humans make it to Mars and start setting up more than just a basic base then I predict that Mars is going to be a plastic planet for the forseeable future. -->Given enough energy<-- and that water and carbon dioxide make it easier to gather hydrogen, carbon and oxygen than other elements makes it very attractive to produce as much as possible from plastics.

Isn't it obvious?

An uncensorable store of value/currency is like an amphibious vehicle for most: pretty cool but they are never going to need one.

It's easy to see the utility of food and oil.

This one might be borderline silly because of its simplicity: a through-hole (front to back) for a tripod screw, in the bottom left or right corner. With that you could fix the phone to tripods or other mounts, or put a keyring or cord through it to carry it around.

Wasn't it rather common for the time to fantasize about everything being powered by nuclear reactors? (Think: Ford Nucleon, ideas about civilian nuclear powered ships or aircraft)

I also don't get the Musk hate. That man created more than 100k jobs for Americans, made rockets land and cars go electric. And with "made", I mean that he enabled the engineers at these companies to do what they did. If you don't believe that then mentally substract Musk from SpaceX or Tesla and ask where they would they be today? (Answers: Tesla would have died in 2004 or soon after because Tesla was not much more than an idea back then and SpaceX would have never existed at all).

I for one commend OP for having a defiant heart.

The same author, on the same topic, writing for the Brownstone Institute:

https://brownstone.org/articles/this-is-not-a-pandemic-of-th...

People either have a reduced risk of infecting themselves and others like the vaccines provide it or they do not. Reality does not care about believes and concerns. If one ignores reality for too long, it will biff one right on the nose.