Happy Birthday to Arthur C. Clarke who turns 90 this Sunday . . . at 90, sci-fi guru Clarke yearns for E.T., peace. When asked about his wishes, Clarke says he has three wishes he hopes to see become true within his lifetime . . .

“If I may be allowed just three wishes … I would like to see some evidence of extraterrestrial life. I’ve always believed that we’re not alone in the universe, but we’re still waiting for E.T. to call us or give us some kind of sign,” he said in a video posted on Web site www.youtube.com. . . . . . . “Secondly, I would like to see us kick our current addiction to oil and adopt clean energy sources,” he added. “Climate change has now added a new sense of urgency… We can’t allow coal and oil to slowly bake our planet.” . . . . . . And thirdly, he turns to Sri Lanka, where he has lived for the past 50 years, written many of his more than 80 books and received the Indian Ocean island nation’s top civilian honor in 2005 for his contributions to science and technology and his commitment to his adopted country.

In addition to his wishes, he predicts coomercial space travel will be common soon.

See the video here . . .

Happy Birthday, Arthur!

All the best,
Brian