October - 20218 logisticstechoutlook.comIn My OPINIONWhy would I be a Hero?An untold story of Imagination and BeliefBy Erik van Wunnik, Director Product Development, DSV - Global Transport and Logistics [CPH: DSV]The world of technology is fast and furious and leaves nobody behind. So whether you are talking the talk you also need to walk the walk. Or even better as Walt Disney described it: "If you can dream it, you can do it!" But why do people always have to do things the hard way? Is it that we like a challenge, or are we simply focused on short-term benefits?The world offers several free and available energy sources that represent so much power that the world's population could double in size. Nevertheless, humanity has chosen to use energy sources that need to be extracted from deep inside the Earth, and must be processed before they can be used to provide energy. Throughout history, the development of energy sources has been a hit-and-miss process. Mineral oil for example used to be sold cheaply as a lighting product for decades before it finally became the world's premier source of energy.We really have no idea about the sources of energy that still exist, let alone which of them will become important in the future. A great example of how the direction of human innovation will change can be found in the development of the internal combustion engine and the growth of commercial aviation. Together they brought us growth, but they also brought problems and uncertainty. We now see that the problems with our energy supply are reaching the point where we need to find solutions by creating a new path to
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