A diversity of new fuels and energy sources seems the most likely future.
The chancellor seems to think he is a modernizer, but Mr. Putin is widely regarded as the most likely future president.
Surprisingly, Valentine listed Roberto Alomar, a 10-time Gold Glove winner, 12-time All-Star and most likely future Hall of Famer.
Faxon is already the subject of rumours of a shift to a rival, with Warner Music touted as his most likely future employer.
Leading car makers such as Ford, General Motors (Vauxhall's parent), Honda, Toyota and Daimler-Chrysler are all busy researching what they see as the most likely future alternatives to petrol and diesel - and some are greener than others.
And to many people, it seems the most likely future for film -- a new kind of cinema, private, solitary, exploratory, yet full of epiphanies, like the breathing face in "Jetée".
The most likely future Labor leader, Bill Shorten, said it was "a difficult evening but I feared it could have been worse", saying he thought Rudd had done "a good job in helping Labor candidates to be returned".
Despite their differences, the Social Democrats, who won 25.7 per cent of the vote in Sunday's election, still seemed the most likely future partners in government for Ms Merkel's conservatives who romped home with 41.5 per cent in the poll.
But the aggression and informality of Sergei Udaltsov, a far-left activist, are unattractive as is the idea of more extreme nationalist politics, a point Mr Putin often makes as an argument for preferring his rule to what could follow.Mr Dmitriev sketches out the two most likely future scenarios.
The general approach used was scenario analysis, where rather than foreseeing the most likely future, alternative future worlds are considered.
