NANOTECHNOLOGY is set to affect almost every aspect of our lives, displacing older technologies and enabling radically new products and processes. This is a bold claim, but it has pretty much become established doctrine among the governments of the major economies. If it is even half right, the implications are profound. How should society respond to this coming revolution? Will we be in a position to participate, or will we be passive receivers or rejectors of innovations concocted by a handful of technologists?
Greenpeace sees merit in lots of technologies, but not all: we campaign to promote renewable energy technology…
