“Future Home” by artist H. Miller, with pool and garden under a glass bubble, in a 1956 print ad from America’s Independent Power Companies.
“Future Homes will be able to face in any direction – turned from hour to hour or season to season by your electricity. Electrically operated climate-conditioned extensions will permit ‘spring and summer terraces’ all year round – enjoy swimming, winter fun and gardening all at once, if you wish.” [Image caption]
[Note: In the 1950s, there was a belief in the potential of nuclear power to provide an abundant source of cheap electricity. American power companies and the general public were optimistic about it, and the era was marked by a "nuclear craze," where nuclear technology was seen as a symbol of progress and modernity. That was decades before Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and Fukushima, at a time when few nuclear reactors operated anywhere in the world. It took major disasters to educate the public about the dangers that accompany the benefits of nuclear energy. Now, it seems we're on the brink of an even greater, irreversible disaster with the continued use of fossil fuels.]
“Future Home” by artist H. Miller, with pool and garden under a glass bubble, in a 1956 print ad from America’s Independent Power Companies.
“Future Homes will be able to face in any direction – turned from hour to hour or season to season by your electricity. Electrically operated climate-conditioned extensions will permit ‘spring and summer terraces’ all year round – enjoy swimming, winter fun and gardening all at once, if you wish.” [Image caption]
[Note: In the 1950s, there was a belief in the potential of nuclear power to provide an abundant source of cheap electricity. American power companies and the general public were optimistic about it, and the era was marked by a "nuclear craze," where nuclear technology was seen as a symbol of progress and modernity. That was decades before Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and Fukushima, at a time when few nuclear reactors operated anywhere in the world. It took major disasters to educate the public about the dangers that accompany the benefits of nuclear energy. Now, it seems we're on the brink of an even greater, irreversible disaster with the continued use of fossil fuels.]