INFORMATION BASED products such as – newspaper, books, video/movies retail sales, banking, share trading etc have already transitioned – from physically-delivered, analogue, material embodiments to electronically-delivered, digital, information transactions however a second stage of transformation has commenced in which – ENERGY BASED products are under pressure due to – peak oil, limits to emissions & climate change to transition to renewable, non-polluting, local production - electricity is o transitioning to distributed renewable generation o electric grids are becoming trading systems via smart meters o replacing fossil fuels with electricity vehicles MATTER BASED products are under pressure due to - the limits to natural resources such as o fresh water, agricultural land, forests and quality timber o land-fill waste disposal and having to resort to lower quality resources such as - o plantation timber, lower yield mineral deposits to transition to a sustainable society which – recycles materials reduces pollution to conserve natural systems uses biodegradable materials to reduce land-fill
EnGen Institute 1992-2018
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LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS
TOTAL SUSTAINABILITY
GENERATIVE ENGINEERING OF ENGINEERED ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIFE SUPPORT
The Transition to a Cellular Society
               V Local ‘cells’ form as energy becomes local & renewable, ‘Food Miles’ reduce and most materials become locally recyclable.                 V
The ‘Maker Movement’ of local, 1-off, personal, high-tech manufacturing is now a tech-hobby - like personal computers were in 1976 when Apple Computer started.
    TeleManufacturing         3D Printing                in metal         Maker Faires
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