Science fiction is influenced by science fact. BUT Popular science fiction also influences future science fact by "seeding" cool ideas to use science for. Th

Science fiction is influenced by science fact. BUT Popular science fiction also influences future science fact by "seeding" cool ideas to use science for. This is why all the "dystopian future" stories are concerning. We need solarpunk. But solarpunk needs to be interesting in more than a utopian sense before it will spread amongst the mainstream. I love the idea of solarpunk but I find it boring.