Straight Out of Science Fiction (Score 1)

This is an amazing thing. The first truly cheap and clean source of power. These are indeed exciting times.

With such unexhaustive power becoming more and more promising with each new day, this poses some serious thoughts as to the future.

Could we be on the verge of being able to colonize other planets or even solarsystems. For it seems the only thing stopping us in the amount to power that we can generate. With this almost unlimited amount, we may be able to put enough energy into a system that it will be able to go faster than light.

But once we colonize the other planets, who will rule them? Will the Earth unite into one big "country", under the rule of one government or will we squabble over who gets what and the country that has the most resources will have control of the new planets?

Now that we have the means to travel beyond the stars, how will we be able to keep those colonies in check and under one rule?