The raw materials are potentially worth trillions.

Economic growth in China and India has caused a huge increase the the price of many commodities, and economists have been projecting gloom and doom because he future looks to be resource-constrained.

But they weren't taking into account the one million asteroids in the solar system, many of which contain billions of tons of resources each.

This can really reshape fundamental assumptions about the future. Of course, it will happen slowly over the course of decades, and by the time we see results we'll all feel jaded about it.

But tonight I feel positively thrilled.