<div dir="ltr">thanks Roberto!!<div><br></div><div>copying our colleagues from the p2p lab</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 5:23 AM, Roberto Verzola <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rverzola@gn.apc.org" target="_blank">rverzola@gn.apc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I just finished the piece "Can micropower be as deep a game-changer as<br>
microprocessing?" It can be downloaded at:<br>
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<a href="https://rverzola.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/can-micropower-become-as-deep-a-game-changer-as-microprocessing/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rverzola.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/can-micropower-become-as-deep-a-game-changer-as-microprocessing/</a><br>
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By "deep", I mean being able to change the rules of the game not only<br>
within the industry itself but in society as a whole. In the piece, I<br>
note that the declining prices of renewables such as solar and wind<br>
seem to have brought the renewables sector at the same take-off point<br>
that microprocessing was some three decades ago.<br>
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I analyze the developments from the perspective I've been pursuing,<br>
which is the perspective of abundance. I note that these declining<br>
prices, exponential increases in production, and expanding markets are<br>
bringing these renewables into operating points where the economics of<br>
increasing returns to scale start to take-over, leading to a virtuous<br>
cycle of more rounds of price declines and higher production, the same<br>
kind of economic growth pattern we have seen in the information sector.<br>
These are typical features of the onset of abundance.<br>
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I discuss in the piece what might be the conditions that can make<br>
small-scale generation with renewables as deep a game-changer as<br>
microprocessors have been.<br>
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Greetings to all,<br>
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Roberto Verzola<br>
Philippines<br>
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PS. Those who want more details about developments in renewables from<br>
the perspective of a developing country, you can also download my<br>
recent book, CROSSING OVER: THE ENERGY TRANSITION TO RENEWABLE<br>
ELECTRICITY. Just google the title.<br>
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On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 19:03:57 +0700<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michel@p2pfoundation.net">michel@p2pfoundation.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> see<br>
> <a href="http://excellencereporter.com/2016/01/07/michel-bauwens-the-meaning-that-we-give-to-life/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://excellencereporter.com/2016/01/07/michel-bauwens-the-meaning-that-we-give-to-life/</a><br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://commonstransition.org" target="_blank">http://commonstransition.org</a> </div><div><br></div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens</a><br><br>#82 on the (En)Rich list: <a href="http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/" target="_blank">http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/</a> <br></div></div></div></div>
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