The Drop That Erodes the Stone or a Blinding Flash of the Obvious?
More and more people in high level positions recognize the need for a large scale energy transformation program, as I have been telling about in previous postings. The information that this will become necessary may turn out to be like the drop that erodes the stone, and soon enough a fully fledged transformation program will [...]
The Building Blocks of an Energy Transformation Program
The Obama Administration is putting the building blocks of an energy transformation program in place. The RE-ENERGYSE program is a national education program that will train the students that will drive and participate in the energy transformation program of the near future. With the key institutions of a strong coordinated innovation and implementation system in [...]
Peak Oil – A Slow Volcano
Volcanos are a reality. The complex and finite mechanism that is the Earth is doing what it has always done: Operating under its own rules with what it has at its disposal. When pressure builds, it bursts. When something it owns or has cultivated is gone, it’s gone. Comparisons to the Titanic are not overstatements: [...]
Excellent Book “Structuring an Energy Technology Revolution”
In 2009 the book “Structuring an Energy Technology Revolution” appeared, written by the distinguished Professors Charles Weiss of Georgetown University and William B. Bonvillian of the MIT Washington Office. The book deals with the complex issue of how a large scale transformation of energy related systems, or an “Energy Technology Revolution” should be organized, managed [...]
Implementation of Third Generation Energy Sources for Transportation
If vehicle, fuel and transportation companies rename renewable fuels as “3rd Generation Fuels”, it will suddenly become obvious for policy makers that the implementation process will require a strategy and that it needs to be managed on a high level. 1st Generation: Human and Animal power 2nd Generation: Fossil fuels, primarily petroleum 3rd Generation: Renewable [...]
Wanted: Country (or Bank)
We may analyze the challenge of implementing renewable fuels on a large scale in the light of recent systems transformations in other areas and learn from them. Several countries in Europe, when they implemented third generation (3G) mobile telephony networks, arranged large scale bidding competitions between companies that wanted to establish such networks. Why did [...]
