Re: poll ideas quest 2009 (aluminium age)

Future historians will find that the material characteristic to the era starting now is…

(4000-2001 BC was copper age, 2000-1 BC was bronze age, 1-2000 AD was iron age.)

Update: ramrod makes a valid point, maybe “uranium” or “hydrogen” should be added as well.

Update: appeared as Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is....

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Re^2: poll ideas quest 2009 by ramrod (Priest) on Apr 01, 2009 at 14:09 UTC
How about nuclear . . . Of course, `noo-klee-er` and `noo-kyuh-ler` would need to be considered to avoid controversy.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2009 by Ish (Acolyte) on Apr 02, 2009 at 06:01 UTC
I think 'unclear' should also be there, not only for typos and also as it seems a very valid option...	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2009 by moritz (Cardinal) on Apr 01, 2009 at 09:53 UTC
Not quite a material, but I'd call it the electricity age... Maybe add 'electron' as a material?	[reply]