[ExI] Project-oriented networks (was: Efficiency of algorithmic trading)

[Eugen Leitl]

On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 04:12:10PM -0700, Samantha Atkins wrote:

> I think it is economic collapse of a greater magnitude than 
> seen before bring on the destruction of many western and 
> some eastern technological societies.  Beside that energy is a piece of cake.

A purely financial collapse would be an eminently recoverable
problem. 

But the reason for the collapse are systemic, and resource
scarcity is the key driver.
 
> I can think of ways that would fix energy that are actually 
> doable at reasonable cost within a decade.  Not so much on 

A decade scale implies immediate (as: starting today)
deployment, with no innovation required. Apart from negawatts
(cut the US blue whale in half) I can only think
of micro co-gen plants first, and solar thermal and solar
PV second. 

Germany plans to reach 41.6 GWp photovoltaic capacity
by 2014. This would mean ability to supply up to ~50%
of peak demand load or 4-5% of total demand.

> fixing the economic tsunami bearing down on us.


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