Michel,
without having read all of the article,
it seems to focus on two things:
- power usage
- material consumption
We are spoiled with (more or less) cheap energy from big power utilities,
so we have become dependent on them.
A P2P-oriented society in my opinion should focus a lot on distributed sustainable energy
(I know this is somehow obvious to most here but needs to be re-stated in order to address the issues in the article).
Also, power should be devoted to things we want, and waste minimized.
With that in mind I think the power problem can be addressed.
For materials, there are two tackling strategies I like a lot:
- Additive 3D printing, which doesn't generate a lot of waste
- Biodegradable materials. This is something I am personally very interested,
and I am dreaming of a project which would produce biodegradable source material (probably PLA)
for 3D printers. This could be researched in emerging bioeconomy processes.
Just a few ideas (nothing new really) about how to steer digital manufacturing to sustainable paths.