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
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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
