The sun is down. I live off the grid. My CSP, PV, Thermal system isn't in ascending energy... it's diminishing. I don't have wind available where I live. I won't know what my energy supply is until the sun rises again. And, I don't have a battery system large enough to provide storage for my general household needs for multiple days...
Tomorrow it could be strangely cloudy, globally weirded, somehow incapable of meeting my energy demands. Will a smart-grid shut down my heat, refrigerator, charging for my new plug-in hybrid ? Do I have sufficient battery back-up to even run my computer and choose to stay-at-home working ? Am I even employed in a way that allows such a thing ?
These are thoughts that run through my head when I look at my situation. When I sit down and review the ideas we're pondering for the next 30-40 years, supposedly bridging and transitioning us to a future energy provision, I can't help but wonder why we're not doing more now, and why we're not thinking with a higher-up vision. Instead of 10,000 feet, why not six generations like the Sioux...?
All this discussion about creating enough energy to meet a doubling of consumption - it's maddening. We should be requiring that for every kilowatt of renewable we add, two kilowatts must somehow be conserved. And we should also be working on education of both sexes and all continents. What happens there affects us here.
I'm not referring to quality of life issues. I'm referring to potential of future societies to exist. If we don't reel in population, then it's hopeless and we might as well have a carbon-suicide party and all buy big-ass, gasoline-powered SUV's and put lift kits and 33" Mickey Thompson's on them...
If we're going to talk about solutions, we'd better instill food, water, transportation, population, health literacy, education and peace into the mix. It's time for humanity to grow up. It's time for the developed nations to embrace a bit of humility, reeling in our lifestyles, consumption and waistlines. And the sooner the better...
Watch for my next post concerning transportation, linked to renewables, a smart grid system, and how we can tie all of this together in a comprehensive plan that haves and have-nots would consider...
Tomorrow it could be strangely cloudy, globally weirded, somehow incapable of meeting my energy demands. Will a smart-grid shut down my heat, refrigerator, charging for my new plug-in hybrid ? Do I have sufficient battery back-up to even run my computer and choose to stay-at-home working ? Am I even employed in a way that allows such a thing ?
These are thoughts that run through my head when I look at my situation. When I sit down and review the ideas we're pondering for the next 30-40 years, supposedly bridging and transitioning us to a future energy provision, I can't help but wonder why we're not doing more now, and why we're not thinking with a higher-up vision. Instead of 10,000 feet, why not six generations like the Sioux...?
All this discussion about creating enough energy to meet a doubling of consumption - it's maddening. We should be requiring that for every kilowatt of renewable we add, two kilowatts must somehow be conserved. And we should also be working on education of both sexes and all continents. What happens there affects us here.
I'm not referring to quality of life issues. I'm referring to potential of future societies to exist. If we don't reel in population, then it's hopeless and we might as well have a carbon-suicide party and all buy big-ass, gasoline-powered SUV's and put lift kits and 33" Mickey Thompson's on them...
If we're going to talk about solutions, we'd better instill food, water, transportation, population, health literacy, education and peace into the mix. It's time for humanity to grow up. It's time for the developed nations to embrace a bit of humility, reeling in our lifestyles, consumption and waistlines. And the sooner the better...
Watch for my next post concerning transportation, linked to renewables, a smart grid system, and how we can tie all of this together in a comprehensive plan that haves and have-nots would consider...
A new hydro power technology is being developed by Sarfraz Ahmad Khan of Pakistan. In theory these hydro plants would not require a reservoir and would have a minimal impact on the environment. They could be run side-by-side in rows and would be much cheaper to build, operate and maintain. Sarfraz has high hopes that his ideas could revolutionize hydro power in his country and across the globe.
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