1. People finally realize that wind and solar are not going to replace coal any time soon. Nuclear goes back in fashion. China and Russia lead the way.
2. Interval combustion engines are finally seen as the bane of mankind. Electric cars become commonplace. Petrol is only used in planes and boats.
3. The world gets used to negative credit rates. Some companies abuse this system and a few large bankruptcies threaten to pop the bubble. The central banks massively inject money to prevent systemic collapse.
4. Remote work becomes the norm. Real estate prices in large hubs go down a bit, but not much.
5. South East Asia becomes the new silicon valley, welcoming a horde of digital nomads.
5. Hurricanes gain in strength and some coastlines are redrawn.
6. Trump-like governments are elected all over the Western world. Global trade slows down a bit. People get happier overall. Global Super richs are a bit less rich and way less global.
7. Fully autonomous Electric cars are there but only for niche use (touristic islands, Gated communities). They are slow and uncool.
8. Intel and Boeing go under. US federal government save both companies with taxpayer money. Both companies are cut in pieces and resold to competitors.
To your point on 7: Fully autonomous Electric cars.
I predict we will have electric cars widely available by 2030, IFF car manufacturers stop trying to make them autonomous at the same time. Consider the Chevy Volt [1]: it's just an electric car. It does not include any autonomous capabilities. Furthermore, electric charging stations will be more common. Existing gas stations will have charging stations added, or they are abandoned all together and new charging stations (maybe "refuel" stations) will be built.
The world surely needs electric vehicles sooner rather than later. This will help climate change due to reduced emissions from vehicles.
However, I don't think the autonomous part will be figured out by 2030. I predict progress will slow. More government oversight will be applied due to the 737 MAX issue [2] and self-driving cars killing people [3][4]. Due to these issues, general distrust in computer-driven-machines (airplanes, cars) will increase. People will go back to non-connected / offline / "dumb" devices, including and especially their vehicles.
2. Interval combustion engines are finally seen as the bane of mankind. Electric cars become commonplace. Petrol is only used in planes and boats.
3. The world gets used to negative credit rates. Some companies abuse this system and a few large bankruptcies threaten to pop the bubble. The central banks massively inject money to prevent systemic collapse.
4. Remote work becomes the norm. Real estate prices in large hubs go down a bit, but not much.
5. South East Asia becomes the new silicon valley, welcoming a horde of digital nomads.
5. Hurricanes gain in strength and some coastlines are redrawn.
6. Trump-like governments are elected all over the Western world. Global trade slows down a bit. People get happier overall. Global Super richs are a bit less rich and way less global.
7. Fully autonomous Electric cars are there but only for niche use (touristic islands, Gated communities). They are slow and uncool.
8. Intel and Boeing go under. US federal government save both companies with taxpayer money. Both companies are cut in pieces and resold to competitors.