[P2P-F] my take on the 'meaning of life'

Sat Jan 9 08:11:50 CET 2016

thanks Roberto!!

copying our colleagues from the p2p lab

On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 5:23 AM, Roberto Verzola <rverzola at gn.apc.org> 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.
>
>
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> On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 19:03:57 +0700
> Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net> wrote:
>
> > see
> >
> http://excellencereporter.com/2016/01/07/michel-bauwens-the-meaning-that-we-give-to-life/
> >
>
>

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