Brilliant Orsan, every time we flush the loo, or clean our teeth, we produce electricity! On Jan 9, 2016 1:48 AM, "Orsan" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The title got me think of real micro- or nano-turbine technologies being > developed to produce electricity. For instance, if used inside water pipes > and ways, such technology would turn entire city and rural delivery and > sanitation systems more productive at the micro and nano levels then huge > dams and other smaller central hydro electricity generators. Something like > this could complete the convergence between energy and communication > technologies as in Rifkin's theory, at the same physical level. While > thinking on this remembered once seeing a working nano-engine being used at > an experiment at CERN at the atomic level. Of course if engine do exist > then tribune should also be so. Googled "nano tribune electricity" and > found that it does exist, and developed: > http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/green/newsid=27983.php > http://www.homepower.ca/dc_hydro.htm > In case collectively opened up, peer to peer produced, and implemented, > these really micro power technologies would not only destroy the state and > corporate monopoly over the energy production, but also Harvey's > pessimistic argument about we people's being dependent on central > structures for the creation and maintenance of large infrastructures and > services, as dams, roads, hospitals and schools. > If Sensorica, or any open science groups would go towards this direction, > it would obviously more impactful than it sounds. > Best, > Orsan > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > On 8 jan. 2016, at 23:23, Roberto Verzola <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I just finished the piece "Can micropower be as deep a game-changer as > > microprocessing?" It can be downloaded at: > > > > > https://rverzola.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/can-micropower-become-as-deep-a-game-changer-as-microprocessing/ > > > > By "deep", I mean being able to change the rules of the game not only > > within the industry itself but in society as a whole. In the piece, I > > note that the declining prices of renewables such as solar and wind > > seem to have brought the renewables sector at the same take-off point > > that microprocessing was some three decades ago. > > > > I analyze the developments from the perspective I've been pursuing, > > which is the perspective of abundance. I note that these declining > > prices, exponential increases in production, and expanding markets are > > bringing these renewables into operating points where the economics of > > increasing returns to scale start to take-over, leading to a virtuous > > cycle of more rounds of price declines and higher production, the same > > kind of economic growth pattern we have seen in the information sector. > > These are typical features of the onset of abundance. > > > > I discuss in the piece what might be the conditions that can make > > small-scale generation with renewables as deep a game-changer as > > microprocessors have been. > > > > Greetings to all, > > > > Roberto Verzola > > Philippines > > > > PS. Those who want more details about developments in renewables from > > the perspective of a developing country, you can also download my > > recent book, CROSSING OVER: THE ENERGY TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE > > ELECTRICITY. Just google the title. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 19:03:57 +0700 > > Michel Bauwens <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> see > >> > http://excellencereporter.com/2016/01/07/michel-bauwens-the-meaning-that-we-give-to-life/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > > > > Blog - http://www.blog.p2pfoundation.net > > Wiki - http://www.p2pfoundation.net > > > > Show some love and help us maintain and update our knowledge commons by > making a donation. Thank you for your support. > > https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/donation > > > > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation > > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > > Blog - http://www.blog.p2pfoundation.net > Wiki - http://www.p2pfoundation.net > > Show some love and help us maintain and update our knowledge commons by > making a donation. Thank you for your support. > https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/donation > > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation >
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