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Not only can, The Venus Project (TVP) work, a Resource Based Economy (RBE) system like it _must_ be humanity's future. We have all of the technology we need. The only thing holding it back is humanity's maturity.
Why? Change is coming. It's only if we choose to...
NASA Experiment in Space Caught on ISS Cam ... Anti-Matter?... Black Holes??... Tiny Universes? - YouTube
Info here:
http://issresearchproject.grc.nasa.gov/Investigations/FLEX/