[P2P-F] Micro and nano-tribunes and power generators

[Anna Harris]

Brilliant Orsan, every time we flush the loo,  or clean our teeth, we
produce electricity!
On Jan 9, 2016 1:48 AM, "Orsan" <orsan1234 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> 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
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> Sent from my iPad
> > On 8 jan. 2016, at 23:23, 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:
> >
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> 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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